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Interesting bathroom signs
In Stockholm, public or restaurant toilets are still gendered but many workplaces have unisex bathrooms. I have noticed though that more workplaces are moving from unisex back to gendered as they...
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Nostalgia
My mother used to hate the sounds these made! When I was at school, the best gift I ever received was a box of 24 Colleen crayons (though you did get boxes of 36). I remember how the most popular...
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Vintage games
When I was growing up, I (and all my friends) had a compendium of games. It usually included Ludo, Tiddly Winks, Snakes and Ladders, Chinese Checkers, Dominoes, Pick up Sticks and a set of cards to...
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How true
Many of my friends and family still think I live in Switzerland. And I have lived in Sweden for 19 years! The conversation usually goes like this: Friend: Do you speak Swiss? Me: No Friend: Why not?...
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Mirrors
I had a student once who hated mirrors in elevators. She said that she didn’t see the point. For me though, mirrors in bathrooms and elevators are a chance to check that I don’t have anything between...
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Football or soccer?
On Thursday, to commemorate the start of the 2018 Football World Cup, Sweden’s Aftonbladet newspaper dropped 4373 footballs over a central Stockholm square, to commemorate (!) that it has been 4373...
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Spotted Richard
I see the House of Commons has changed the name of their Spotted Dick to Spotted Richard, in order to avoid embarrassing people. The etymology of Spotted Dick Whilst the first part of the name is...
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Most popular passwords in 2017
I am sure I am not alone in hating all the passwords one has to remember these days. Every single site I use regularly seems to require registration. And then there is the dilemma – same password for...
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Swedish words that sound naughty in English
Nathalie sent me this lovely link on 8 Swedish words that sound wrong in English They were: fart (speed) puss (kiss) prick (dot) kock (chef) bra (good) sex (six) slut (end) fack (pocket, pronounced...
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At the local Asian store
There is the most amazing Asian store near where I live. It is packed with everything from food to party items, from clothes to beauty products. I was thrilled to see stationery spelled correctly here....
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Kerning and Keming
In typography, kerning (less commonly mortising) is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font, usually to achieve a visually pleasing result (Wikipedia)....
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Sound about right, sadly
At school was not allowed to use my left hand when learning to do things so I now crochet, sew, play sports, and use scissors badly with my right hand. I write with my left hand.
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