Vaguely in the tradition of the theatrical play “No Sex Please. We’re British” comes this monograph: “Dating constraints on the last British-Irish Ice Sheet: a map and database“, Hughes, A.L.C, Greenwood, S.L. and Clark, C.D., v2011, 2011, 156-183. 10.4113/jom.2011.1145.
Tag: British
Odes to British Tea
Today, two odes to British Tea. First, the British Standards Organization’s official six-page standard for how to brew a cup of tea. It was honored with the 1999 Ig Nobel Prize in Literature. Second, Professor Elemental’s music video “Cup of Brown Joy”:
Why Britain Boasts So Many Pregnant Men
A letter in BMJ suggests a reason why so many men in Britain seem to be pregnant: “The Importance of Knowing Context of Hospital Episode Statistics When Reconfiguring the NHS,” Lauren Brennan, Mando Watson, Robert Klaber and Tagore Charles [three of whom are pictured here], BMJ 2012;344:e2432. The authors, at Imperial College London, write: “We were […]
Gormless? Teens in London, examined
If you’re not a teenager in London and it’s not the late 1990s, and if you’re wondering about the use and usage of certain intensifiers who those where were teenagers in London in the late 1990s, here’s a study to consult: “He was really gormless–She’s bloody crap: Girls, boys and intensifiers,” Anna-Brita-Stenstrom, in Out of […]