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Category Archives: Monday smiles
Monday smile – Mondegreens & legal interpretation
An edifying Monday smile this week. Before I get on to the legal interpretation part, let’s look at the mondegreens first.
Monday smile – 1400 bottles of rare wine hanging in the balance
… and not on the wall. The 1,404 bottles, to be precise, were seized under a law limiting beverage sales and are the subject of a ‘custody’ battle.
Monday smile – Bread & circuses
Hello again dear readers! It’s nice to be back. I expect many of you, in Europe particularly, may be easing back into work after summer holidays.
Today I have a little ‘media circus’ for you,¹ all about the famous and delicious French bread.
Cross-cultural and historical aspects to Punch & Judy
With this post, I am going to bid you farewell for a couple of weeks, while I hunker down to finish my research thesis, which has been hanging around for far too long. Look forward very much to seeing you in September!
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To celebrate the Great British Summer (ha ha), I offer you some interesting insights into the traditional Punch & Judy show.
Monday smile – About Fridays
Just love this one…
Monday smile – Light at the end of the tunnel
To all those not on holiday… Have a great week!
Monday smile – Ice cream theft blunder
As large parts of Europe are currently having a heat wave, this post seemed particularly suitable.
Two teenagers in Utah, USA, managed to live broadcast themselves stealing tubs of ice-cream from a truck.
Monday smile – Forbidden fruit
A local council in the UK has been somewhat embarrassed in the press this week following a spat between a member of the public and a somewhat over-zealous warden.
Luke Gutteridge took his fight to court after being fined £75 for dropping orange peel in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.
Monday smile – A jargon-free corporate world
A 6-minute TED talk this morning for you, by Thea Smith, on corporate jargon, and translating it – being more “intentional” about our words.
Have a lovely week!
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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