my life as a artist
a foreign reader writes
Wednesday 1st August 2007 11:46 PM
A foreign reader writes 'What does 'chavvy' mean?' When I say it refers to a chav, who's an uneducated, uncultured youth with a leaning towards anti-social behaviour, I suddenly feel a bit judgemental and Daily Mailish, ( for foreign readers, the Daily Mail is a right-wing English newspaper, known for it's intolerance of interesting people) but that's what I was getting at.
I feel strangely excited by the idea that I might have foreign readers. Maybe you're from Mozambique,(muli bwanji!) and you're reading this blog on the shores of Lake Malawi, sitting on the smooth sand, underneath an impossibly bright canopy of stars. Maybe your sat in the stygian gloom of a sombre Swedish forest, seeking solace from your grief at the death of Ingmar Bergman, (Skol!) ,who's greatest films were 'The Seventh Seal' and 'Flipper', mysteriously comforted by the fact that today's magic validation word is 'sad'.
There is no such thing as a foreigner, they're just friends you haven't met yet, because they live abroad and often don't speak English, and there's millions of them, and to be honest, what with pottering and crosswords and stuff, you just don't have the time. (You're too busy thinking about your baby, and you aint got time for nothing else)
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Profound as ever. Keep it up.
Posted by Les Miserable , on Monday 6th August 2007, 8:25 PM
Hey! Don't get him back on soccer just when we've weaned him off on to the solid food of the bnig wide world and philosophy and that. Loved Romeo & Juliet's description of TV, bny the way - didn't know they had it back then, either
Posted by A Pedant , on Thursday 2nd August 2007, 1:26 PM
There is a young blogger named Rory
Who I think must be a Tory
He promises five hundred (still thrifty)
And only delivers two fifty !
Sort it out matey !
Posted by Miss Anthrope , on Thursday 2nd August 2007, 1:22 PM
Reminds me of the old advert for the army.
"Travel abroad, meet interesting people, and shoot them".
No mention of the victory over the mighty Blackburn. I know it's not within the theme of this blog entry, but its football so it doesn�
Posted by D.Lightedwithanywin , on Thursday 2nd August 2007, 1:12 PM
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