Archives – 2008 – March – 13  

Tetheradick, Metheradick, Bumfit
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— 13 Mar 2008 Alix 4 comments

This is something I wanted to talk about on last night’s Lollards but didn’t get around to, to do with lost languages of the UK. ‘Yan Tan Tethera’ were counting rhymes used by shepherds in the North West of England, and South […]

Europop 2008: Group A – Switzerland 3 Czech Republic 1
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— 13 Mar 2008 Tom 28 comments

The international festival of pop is AT LAST upon us! Europop 2008 opens with Switzerland vs Czech Republic, both teams stripped for action. Here’s the podcast for you to hear the tracks – you’ll find managerial analysis, comment[…]

A white season
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— 13 Mar 2008 Tom Comment

Revealing post on Troubled Diva showing the respective most-played-artists on BBC Radio 1, Radio 2 and 6Music, as revealed by last.fm – ‘urban’ station 1Xtra’s stats are in the comments boxes, which focus on a telling observa[…]

Twisty little passages – mazes re-solved
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— 13 Mar 2008 Alan 2 comments

Maze War is the grand-daddy of not only first-person shooters, but also networked multi-player games like World of Warcraft. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are mazes in WoW, Second Life etc, as they are the nursey-slopes for 3D environment cr[…]

QUIZ: kidlit is a genre dead as dead can be!
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— 13 Mar 2008 mark sinker 13 comments

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Aliciae Per Speculum Transitus (Quaeque Ibi Invenit)
Cattus Petasatus
Ferdinandus Taurus
Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis
Ieremia Piscatore
Maria Poppina
Pinoculus
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