• The Baby or The Townspeople

    Enemy soldiers have taken over Jane’s village. They have orders to kill all remaining civilians over the age of two. Jane and some of the townspeople have sought refuge in two rooms of the cellar of a large house. Outside Jane hears the voices of soldiers who have come to search the house for valuables.…

  • Yes and No in Welsh

    Welsh doesn’t have a single word to use every time for yes and no questions. The word used depends on the form of the question. You must generally answer using the relevant form of the verb used in the question, or in questions where the verb is not the first element you use either ‘ie’…

  • 50 U and Non-U Words and Phrases

    Find out what your vocabulary says about you in this table of U (upper class) and Non-U (middle class) words and phrases: U Non-U Ale Beer Assist Help Bike or bicycle Cycle Breakfast / luncheon / dinner Meal Chimneypiece Mantelpiece Daily Cleaner (as in the person) Decent Civil (behaviour) Die Pass on Dinner Tea (for…

  • 80 Surnames with Surprising Pronunciation

    Did you know that the English surname “Featherstonehaugh” is pronounced “fanshaw”? Table of more unexpected name pronunciations: Surname Pronunciation Alleyne alleen Ayscoug as-kew Balfour balfer Bayles bayluss Beauchamp beecham Beaufoy boffy Belvoir beaver Berkeley barklee Bethune beeton Blount blunt Caius keys Cholomondley chumley Colquhoun car-hoon Cowper cooper Coylton culltun Creamer craymer Crichton cryton Crough crow…

  • Getting To Know You Questions

    A roughly ginormous list of questions you can ask to better get to know someone.

  • Either / Or Questions

    Either-or questions can be fun ways to get to know new friends – or learn more about old friends!

  • Einstein’s Riddle

    I’ve seen this puzzle in a few places under a few names, and thought I’d have a go at solving it. Read on to see the short solution (to the question of who owns the fish) and the full solution (of exactly who lives in which house, with their individual pets, drinks and cigars). Have…

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