Posts by Carol Stewart
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pornography uses the whole duck!"
So does Isabella Rossellini..
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Busytown: Sons for the Return Home, in reply to Kyle Matthews,
Should I?
In a word - no.
The editorial I mentioned was a beatup on academics in general and Auckland University academics in particular. not very edifying. -
Busytown: Sons for the Return Home, in reply to Paul Campbell,
can anyone explain to me why John Key and David Farrar have the same accent
Perhaps they're the same person, Jekyll and Hyde fashion ;-)
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Busytown: Sons for the Return Home, in reply to Kyle Matthews,
Actually we spend quite low on both. And as a university staff member, students have been helping fund my reasonable pay increases for a few years now.
What did you make of Virginia Larson's editorial in the latest North and South?
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Busytown: Sons for the Return Home, in reply to Brent Jackson,
initially thought we were speaking a different language.
I guess we are, in a sense.
We went to see The Guard last night and I think a good proportion of the dialogue passed me by.. -
Busytown: Sons for the Return Home, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
In my travels in Argentina and Chile in particular, it was interesting that the local people we met who spoke English did so with an American accent - as they had been taught by Americans. It was also interesting that they struggled to understand our Kiwi English. One of our group has an American father and a mild American accent, and they found him much easier to understand.
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Field Theory: Four Years Ago, in reply to Hilary Stace,
There is a ban on buskers?
On Sunday night there was an entire string quartet playing in the tunnel under the bus station! They were glorious. -
Field Theory: Four Years Ago, in reply to BenWilson,
Well said Ben.
There were no problems with Welly's public transport last night that I could see -- we just hopped on a regular bus at the end of our street and got to the stadium with at least an hour to spare. I got the impression that a substantial proportion of the crowd were from overseas actually (or maybe Kiwis are just too shy and retiring to make a big impression like the Welsh did..). It was very, very slow getting out of the stadium afterwards, was the only downside of the event. -
From my seat (up quite high, midway) it looked like it went over... but I don't think I'd put money on it.
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Field Theory: Four Years Ago, in reply to George Darroch,
you see a haka as clean and intense as this one
I'm sure you're right, George, but, sadly, this video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Rugby World Cup Ltd.
Mutter.