A good innings. I was GRIPPED by The Naked Ape as a child. Still think about people tracking food with their eyes as it's brought in

a close up of a man 's face with the words `` comme d ' habitude '' written on the bottom . ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words `` comme d ' habitude '' written on the bottom .

Obligatory Claude François mention. The original version is about a dead marriage

Goodness me I say "kind of" a lot 😳

I was interviewed by @katedeimling.bsky.social for the American Translators Association blog recently about reenacting translator history: www.ata-divisions.org/LD/2026/04/2... thanks Kate, I really enjoyed our chat.

Adrian Johns, The Science of Reading

elmo from sesame street says " worth a shot " ALT: elmo from sesame street says " worth a shot "

Skill, skill, roadkill

Yes I know. But even if her English was poor there was no reason to act as he did.

Fucksake this is why we have interpreters

BBC One - The Apprentice, Series 20, Pet Product, Chique or Chic? Karishma questions the spelling of the team's brand name 'Chique le Chien.'

Hardcore localisation fail. I don't think "chew the dog and spit out its juice" is the brand image they are going for

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Dans My life without me, l'histoire des jumeaux conjoints garçon-fille est hautement mais alors hautement improbable. J'ai passé le reste du film à me dire ah ça y est, on va nous révéler que l'infirmière est un mytho, mais non, c'est juste une bourde scientifique dans le scénario

Goodbye GPU

I can't find a picture, but I give you the anonymous Relations du royaume de Candavia envoyées à madame la comtesse de ***, imprimées à Jovial, chez Staket le Goguenard, rue des Ficores chaudes, à l’enseigne des rêves (Paris, J. Josse, 1715)

mine elsewhere has suggested I join the Prince William Fan Club. Which is... unlikely.

That's a tasty chunk of roquefort if ever I saw one

Even better if there are wee fossils involved

Boggy morning walk. Woodpecker just overhead

Ah non mais j'adore, trop trop stylé, je veux le même

I'm in two minds on this. Ordinarily yes, but you do get people who drop in to translation, bang out a highly acclaimed Dante, are one and done and go back to their day job

Pierre Mendès France has entered the chat

www.frenchie-ruedunil.com

Looking forward to this! I've often wondered why IOT never ventures into music

No, an article on fashion

see https://coulmont.com/blog/2014/03/12/bourdieu-and-dataviz/

just came across this superb 1974 dataviz by Bourdieu (poss drawn by Pierre Christin). this is my jam 😍

I've stopped posting on Greggs

Melton Mowbraycebook

Gross. I've been teaching for over 25 years, not once have I even been vaguely tempted to snog a student

There are people out there working on this. I participated in a phd study years ago on whether French L2 speakers can hear the difference between un âne et un naan.

And languages, like it's not useful having people on board who speak Farsi

La dame du RDC qui renâcle à payer sa part pour l'ampoule du palier à l'étage

Bob Jovi (the Eastern Daily Press, c. 1990)