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      • When does spring begin? 27th March 2021
      • Computers no longer exist 4th January 2021
      • Santa and Coke 23rd December 2020
      • You & Me 22nd November 2020
      • Bonfire Night 29th October 2020
      • Accessing Windows 7 Shares (after January 2019 update?) 31st January 2019
      • How to say “ough” 10th January 2019
      • Equinox 20th March 2018
      • Powershell MTP 20th March 2018
      • Resurrection 5th April 2015
      • Dinner 3rd April 2015
      • Honeymoon 2nd April 2015
      • April Fool’s Day 1st April 2015
      • Eclipse 19th March 2015
      • Respite 18th March 2015
      • Reminisce 17th March 2015
      • Dilemma 16th March 2015
      • Mothering Sunday 15th March 2015
      • Liquorice 14th March 2015
      • Strive 13th March 2015
      • Pun 12th March 2015
      • Allege 11th March 2015
      • Fracas 10th March 2015
      • Deviate 9th March 2015
      • Tired 8th March 2015
      • Holiness 7th March 2015
      • TLAs 6th March 2015
      • Distracted 5th March 2015
      • Condescend 4th March 2015
      • Concise 3rd March 2015
      • Running late 2nd March 2015
      • Crucial 1st March 2015
      • Drizzly 28th February 2015
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    • Posts

      • When does spring begin? 27th March 2021
      • Computers no longer exist 4th January 2021
      • Santa and Coke 23rd December 2020
      • You & Me 22nd November 2020
      • Bonfire Night 29th October 2020
      • Accessing Windows 7 Shares (after January 2019 update?) 31st January 2019
      • How to say “ough” 10th January 2019
      • Equinox 20th March 2018
      • Powershell MTP 20th March 2018
      • Resurrection 5th April 2015
      • Dinner 3rd April 2015
      • Honeymoon 2nd April 2015
      • April Fool’s Day 1st April 2015
      • Eclipse 19th March 2015
      • Respite 18th March 2015
      • Reminisce 17th March 2015
      • Dilemma 16th March 2015
      • Mothering Sunday 15th March 2015
      • Liquorice 14th March 2015
      • Strive 13th March 2015
      • Pun 12th March 2015
      • Allege 11th March 2015
      • Fracas 10th March 2015
      • Deviate 9th March 2015
      • Tired 8th March 2015
      • Holiness 7th March 2015
      • TLAs 6th March 2015
      • Distracted 5th March 2015
      • Condescend 4th March 2015
      • Concise 3rd March 2015
      • Running late 2nd March 2015
      • Crucial 1st March 2015
      • Drizzly 28th February 2015
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When does spring begin?

27th March 2021Chinese, CultureDaiyan

According to my calendar, today in China was Huā zhāo jié (花朝节) – literally meaning “flower morning festival“.   Today is the 15th day of the 2nd lunar month – in other words, the middle of the second month, … Read the rest

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Computers no longer exist

4th January 2021English, LanguageDaiyan

This is somewhat of a bizarre one, so please bear with me.

The other day, someone posted a really weird message in a Mandarin learning Facebook group.  It started,

“Mandarin passé since 1911, period.”  Don’t bother with Mandarin.

It was … Read the rest

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Santa and Coke

23rd December 2020CultureDaiyan

Before I begin this post proper, I feel I need to point out that “Coke” is the most common abbreviation in the UK used for Coca-Cola.  As far as I understand most other countries (including English speaking ones) tend to … Read the rest

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You & Me

22nd November 2020English, LanguageCommon Mistakes, Word UseDaiyan

If you are reading this thinking, “The title is wrong” that it should be, “You and I“, then this is precisely for you!

Note that the picture I have used (under Fair Use) is from a … Read the rest

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Bonfire Night

29th October 2020Culture, EnglishBonfire, Culture, Fireworks, Guy Fawkes, HistoryDaiyan

In case you are new to England and don’t know what the Fireworks are about that usually start around the end of October until early November, here is a video explaining the history of the reason for this tradition.  (By … Read the rest

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Accessing Windows 7 Shares (after January 2019 update?)

31st January 2019ComputingFile Management, WindowsDaiyan

Recently I discovered that I could no longer access my Windows 7 computer from the other computers on my home network.  At first I thought it was something to do with the username or password, but the behaviour when these … Read the rest

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How to say “ough”

10th January 2019English, LanguageDaiyan

The hardest word in the English language for non-native speakers?

Feel free to comment below.

This is edited from a TV Show called “Modern Life is Goodish“, by Dave Gorman.
The full, unedited, episode is available on … Read the rest

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Equinox

20th March 2018English, Language, Word of The DayEtymology, Seasons, Solar Events, Word MeaningDaiyan
Today is the Spring Equinox.

equinox /ˈɛkwɪˌnɒks/  (noun)

An equinox is when “the sun crosses the plane of the earth’s equator, making night and day of approximately equal length (12 hours) all over the earth”. Due to the

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Powershell MTP

20th March 2018Coding, Computing, Powershell, ScriptingCode, File Management, Mobile Device, MTP, Phone, Powershell, Scripting, WindowsDaiyan

Welcome to my new blog!  I wanted my first blog post to be something wholly positive, so I decided to share this Powershell script, in case there is anyone else out there who has struggled with automating the copying or … Read the rest

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Resurrection

5th April 2015English, Language, Word of The DayWord Meaning, Word UseDaiyan

Word of the day, 5th April 2015

resurrection /ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃən/

I couldn’t really choose any other word for this Easter day.

The English word dates from about the 12th century, and was specifically linked to this event: “the name of … Read the rest

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