Accents are, in the eyes of native English speakers, an incomprehensible orthographic extravaganza. English orthography is like English food: simple and dull yet fit for its purpose, period.
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Accents and other orthographic extravangaza
August 15th, 2008 — acute accent
Three Miles Island in 3D: feel the heat of a nuclear reactor
July 27th, 2008 — acute accent
Spanish media has recently published details of accidents at three nuclear power stations in Spain, the most serious in Ascó Unit I Nuclear Power Plant in Catalonia, Spain. Nuclear disasters all tend to develop the same pattern: authorities inform late and little to the public. Inevitably, the panic is followed by denial while the consequences of the accidents multiply quickly and spiral out of control.
delicious down - again and again
April 18th, 2008 — acute accent
Just as I began to get used to search in delicious very much as I search in Google, I find that the service is getting pretty unreliable in the past few weeks.
Best animations of Juan Carlos vs. Hugo Chavez
November 13th, 2007 — acute accent
The best animated gif about King Juan Carlos of Spain rebuking Hugo Chavez of Venezuela:
Source: elmundo.es. Author: unknown
The later was repeatedly interrupting Spain’s Prime Minister’s speech at the Ibero-american summit this weekend.
ZrSiO4 and nuclear waste
October 14th, 2007 — acute accent
Scientists don’t find an adequate material to store nuclear waste in. A traditional candidate for the job was zircon (ZrSiO4), a ceramic mineral that is known to survive geologic processes like erosion, transport and even high-grade metamorphism.
Neighbours prevent the installation of a mobile phone mast
June 10th, 2007 — Companies, London, acute accent
A group of neighbours in North West London, NW6 2PH, managed to prevent the installation of a mobile phone mast at the corner of Dynham Road and West End Lane.
Orange PCS Ltd requested in 2006 approval to install an eight meters tall pole and a cabinet in a paved area at the junction of Dynham Road and West End Lane.
Down with the elder!
January 20th, 2007 — acute accent
O2 centre in Finchley Road; my wheel got nicked!
October 5th, 2006 — London, acute accent
The O2 centre in Finchley Road is a shopping mall that attracts a mix of people, as mixed as the entertainment on offer: Books, Nando’s, Habitat, Esporta, cinemas, a bars, pubs… As many other malls, this is one often visited by its fair share of chavs.
Regis Road - A recycling odyssey in Camden, London
October 1st, 2006 — London, acute accent
The mission
I had to travel almost 6 kilometers to dispose of some household recyclable waste from the leafy surroundings of North West London to Regis Road in Kentish Town, Camden, in London.
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