Godzilla v Ratatouille

The turtles just keep on growing, so they now have a new outdoor pool. Much bigger than the old one. In fact it’s so big it takes up most of the yard. Really, I should have checked out the dimensions on the box. Paola isn’t entirely pleased and tomorrow I have to fold it into a semi circle against a wall. It’ll still be more than big enough. It’s not the only new thing in the yard though. We have an unwelcome guest - a rat. The turts don’t stay out at night at the moment, because it’s too cold. So they haven’t met out new visitor. I have been wondering who would win.

They are both predators. Normally you’d say a rat, but both Bob and Angus are bigger than the rat. The battle would take place in water. And Bob is pretty aggressive, even when he really shouldn’t be. They don’t have teeth, but their beaks are made of pretty solid stuff - they crunch up calcium rocks that my hands struggle to break up. I’m going to say Bob would drown the rat. Because I have to stick up and cheer on my turt. I’m not going to put my theory to the test though - rat poison is on it’s way.

 

Godzilla v Ratatouille

The turtles just keep on growing, so they now have a new outdoor pool. Much bigger than the old one. In fact it’s so big it takes up most of the yard. Really, I should have checked out the dimensions on the box. Paola isn’t entirely pleased and tomorrow I have to fold it into a semi circle against a wall. It’ll still be more than big enough. It’s not the only new thing in the yard though. We have an unwelcome guest - a rat. The turts don’t stay out at night at the moment, because it’s too cold. So they haven’t met out new visitor. I have been wondering who would win.

They are both predators. Normally you’d say a rat, but both Bob and Angus are bigger than the rat. The battle would take place in water. And Bob is pretty aggressive, even when he really shouldn’t be. They don’t have teeth, but their beaks are made of pretty solid stuff - they crunch up calcium rocks that my hands struggle to break up. I’m going to say Bob would drown the rat. Because I have to stick up and cheer on my turt. I’m not going to put my theory to the test though - rat poison is on it’s way.

 

 

Past Tense Capello

Just recently I’ve posted about past tense pronunciation and Fabio Capello, the new England manager. And lo and behold, they’ve come together in unison to prove my point! Poor Fabio is being mocked by sections of the English press because he failed to pronounce ‘honoured’ correctly. But it really is difficult for non native speakers. Just in case you forgot, only words ending in a ‘t’ or ‘d’ (eg: start/found/distract) have the ‘id’ pronunciation in past tense. I always stress how important it is to master this, because a mistake sounds really, really strange! He has promised to learn the lingo within a month - which is extremely ambitious to say the least! The BBC has a good article on this.

He even stumbled over the word honoured. Each question and answer during the rest of the FA press conference then went through an interpreter……He told newsmen: “I am very proud and honour-red to be the England manager.

The Sun

But Capello is a man not short on confidence and has promised he will be able to speak to the players in English within a month. It’s a brave claim for a man who suggested he was "hono-rayed" to be appointed and uses "well" incorrectly.

The BBC

Past Tense Capello

Just recently I’ve posted about past tense pronunciation and Fabio Capello, the new England manager. And lo and behold, they’ve come together in unison to prove my point! Poor Fabio is being mocked by sections of the English press because he failed to pronounce ‘honoured’ correctly. But it really is difficult for non native speakers. Just in case you forgot, only words ending in a ‘t’ or ‘d’ (eg: start/found/distract) have the ‘id’ pronunciation in past tense. I always stress how important it is to master this, because a mistake sounds really, really strange! He has promised to learn the lingo within a month - which is extremely ambitious to say the least! The BBC has a good article on this.

 

He even stumbled over the word honoured. Each question and answer during the rest of the FA press conference then went through an interpreter……He told newsmen: “I am very proud and honour-red to be the England manager.

The Sun

But Capello is a man not short on confidence and has promised he will be able to speak to the players in English within a month. It’s a brave claim for a man who suggested he was "hono-rayed" to be appointed and uses "well" incorrectly.

The BBC