HP books (British), languages, blokes and journals

[Simon]

No: HPFGUIDX 6690

Hedwig wrote: "Simon, thank you for the suggestions. I'll check out each one
of them. I did notice that Amazon has the uk editions in soft back as well."

All of the companies I mentioned in the post yesterday (Whsmiths, Bol and
Amazon) sell the first three books in paperback, hardback, adult edition and
special edition and the 4th book in hardback and special edition. Probably
also in audio tapes as well!


Rita wrote: "I've heard that the British are almost equally pathetic about
learning languages. Perhaps there is something about the English language
such that learning English as a first language does permanent damage to the
language learning areas of the brain?"

I would try and argue with this slur of the British if it were not for the
fact that I agree with it and said something very similar in the chat on
Sunday about foreign languages and myself. A large part of the problem, IMO,
is that too many people (I am very much included in this) are happy to let
the foreigner speak English, and sometimes even expect them to do so, rather
than make any effort to learn their language.


Joywitch wrote: "Apparently I am offending his male honor by not letting him
continue to go to the toy store every day to look for it.  Men!  Why do we
put up with them?"

You put up with us because we are so great. Look at it as your boyfriend
making a large effort to find you what you really want, rather than a
pathetic, and as you already seem to know, hopeless search for the game.


Joywitch wrote: "A journal has an artsy cover and blank pages.  People who
wear black clothes hang out in Starbucks on Saturday nights and write
existential thoughts in them."

And here was me hoping to use it as some kind of sketch pad (yes I know the
paper is probably not of a good enough quality for that) - it is quite
useful to have some hard bound book to draw rough pictures in when you are
out (before drawing them properly later when you have more time).


Simon