British Christmas Bazaar in the Frankfurt area

The holidays are drawing near, so for some of you who would like to experience a touch of home, visit the British Christmas Bazaar.

The British Club of the Taunus invites you to a uniquely British shopping experience at their Christmas Bazaar.

* Stylish Christmas Gifts
* Minced pies
* Homemade Cakes
* Jewellery

Date: Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Place: Vereinshaus, Saalburgstrasse 158 in Dornholzhausen, Bad Homburg

Dornholzhausen, a suburb of Bad Homburg, can be reached via B 456.

Writing Numerals or Words – British Style Guide

Over the years of teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and English (native speaker level), I have run across two different rules for when to use a numeral versus spelling it out. One rule stipulated that numerals up to ten need had to be written in words. Another rule said, all numerals up to twelve need to be written. Below is a guide I can recommend, finally.

The Style Guide from BBC offers the following rules:

Write one to nine in words. Use numerals for numbers from 10 upwards and for all numbers that include a decimal point or fraction. The same applies to ordinals -‘first’, ‘second’, and so on. However, use words – even for numbers over nine – in the following cases:

  • when a number comes at the beginning of a sentence
  • for approximate numbers: about thirty people attended

NB: numbers twenty-one to ninety-nine are hyphenated. Use numerals – even for numbers one to nine – in the following cases:

  • when the number is an exact measurement: 5 metres, 4 tonnes
  • when it is followed by million or billion: 2 million
  • for page references: see page 6
  • where there are two numbers in a range and one is over ten: between the ages of 4 and 11

If the number is followed by an abbreviation, don’t put a space between them:

  • 35mm, 10kg, 128MB, 11am

Write percentages in numerals and with the % sign, with no space between them:

  • 2%, 33.3%

Write fractions less than one in words, with a hyphen where appropriate:

  • one-third, three-quarters, a twentieth

Large numbers

Always include commas in numbers from 1,000 upwards. Write out ‘million’ and ‘billion’ in lower case, with a space after the number except in amounts of money.

  • 10,000, 15 million viewers, £15billion

Special thanks to Graham Tappenden for sending me this link and helping me clear up this mystery numeral world.

British Life Style

For those of you who watch what you eat, here’s the final word on nutrition and health. Of course, if the joke has to do something with English, I am likely to post it. Just for fun!

1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the English.

2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the English.

3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the English.

4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the English.

5.. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than the English.

CONCLUSION
Eat and drink what you like.
Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

Nou praat ek maar Afrikaans!

This came from a good friend in Namibia, this is why I decided to leave the previous sentence in my post.

Shakespeare Goes to a Wedding

A collection of Shakespearean quotes referring to weddings, compiled by Paul S. Clarkson, for the Sunday Sun Magazine, originally published 13 July 1958.

“Men are April when they woo, December when they wed.” — As You Like It, IV, 1, 147.

“They say, best men are moulded out of faults…” –– Measure for Measure, V, 1, 444.

” …here’s a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal.” — Midsummer Night’s Dream, III, 1,3.

“We’ll come dress you straight. Put on the gown the while.” — The Merry Wives of Windsor, IV, 2, 84.

“I never saw a better-fashion’d gown.” — The Taming of the Shrew, IV, 3, 101.

“Give me my veil; come, throw it o’er my face.” — Twelfth Night, I, 5, 175.

“Come, is the bride ready to go to church?” — Romeo and Juliet, IV, 5, 33.

“What mockery will it be

To want the bridegroom when the priest attends

To speak the ceremonial rites of marriage!” — The Taming of the Shrew,III, 2, 4.

“The bridegroom he is come already.” — Romeo and Juliet, IV, 4, 27.

” … the wedding, mannerly modest, as a measure, full of state and ancientry.”— Much Ado About Nothing, II, 1, 79.

” … I do.” –– The Tempest, I 2, 88.

” Where is that ring, boy?” –– Two Gentlemen of Verona, V, 4, 91.

” … Here’s my ring.” –– Cymbeline, I, 4, 158.

” He took the bride about the neck and kiss’d her lips with … a clamorous smack.” — The Taming of the Shrew, III, 2, 1 79.

” Gentlemen, forward to the bridal dinner.” — The Taming of the Shrew, III, 2, 221.

” And is the bride and bridegroom coming home?” — The Taming of the Shrew, III, 2, 153.

” T’was a sweet marriage…” — The Tempest, II, 1, 72.

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For a bit of Shakespearean flair, you might want to consider getting (re)married in Verona. The city has initiated Marry me in Verona! (Sposami a Verona) to become a bit more attractive. The balcony, where the weddings take place, is part of a 14th century building known as Juliet’s House, which was once the home of the Cappello family.


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