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The article erroneously refers to the “European Convention *of* Human Rights”. The correct designation is the “European Convention *on* Human Rights”.
September 5, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Does Trump do all of his own comms?
His stuff reminds me of the Private Eye "Lupert and Wendi" skit by "Dame Sylvie Krin", which often ended with Wendi confiscating Rupe's iPhone to stop him tweeting nonsense in the wee small hours.
May 26, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Cf. "The lessons of the Holocaust, and consequently the need for the Jewish state of Israel, were instilled in me at a young age" (Landon Block, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023).
May 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The English "consequently" means something like "daher", "in Folge dessen" and is therefore, with respect to the German "konsequent", a false friend!
May 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"Wir werden Versuche der illegalen Einreise konsequent zurückweisen": "We will 'rigorously / systematically /consistently / without exception' repel attempts to enter the country illegally."
May 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
As you will no doubt know, Hazlitt wrote that Defoe said there were a hundred thousand stout country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse.
April 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Côte de boeuf is one of those cases where the concept of "way more than enough" begins to lose traction.
September 23, 2024 at 12:17 PM