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Re: Do you ever use the phrase "how come" (to mean "why")?
Gotta love Germanic languages :D This phrase is going in the box of "things I didn't think sounded weird until it was pointed out to me"
Apr 26, 2017 -
Re: Journey to a New Star
61 to yellow #4! What I need is a bit of free time, and to wrestle my partner off the computer, because writing reviews on a phone screen is no ...
Apr 21, 2017 -
Re: What are some of your earliest work?
When I was 7, I wrote a tiny book called The Adventures of Squeaky the Mouse - handwritten on sheets of blue paper, with illustrations, and stapled together. Alas, I ...
Apr 9, 2017 -
Re: What's Your Favorite Part of April?
Spring! Sunshine does so much for my mood - after all the grey of winter, it's nice to have a day where the weather just makes me smile.
Apr 7, 2017 -
Re: The YWS 2013 Yearbook
I've been super-invisible this year, but y'all continue to be lovely people. Naturally, @beckiw is amazing.
Dec 6, 2013 -
Re: Sex-selective Abortion
(But there is such a thing as internalised misogyny, so it is possible for a woman to be misogynistic.)
Jun 25, 2013 -
Re: How do you like your books?
Reading on the Android Kindle app is handy, especially for mid-lecture boredom and instant gratification (*click* - aand I have a book), but paperbacks are where it's at for cosy, ...
Jun 10, 2013 -
Re: Where do YWSers come from?
I like to think that that big blue blob in Scotland is entirely @beckiw logging in sneakily from different computers across the city.
Jun 8, 2013 -
Re: Abortion: should the father have a say?
As K says, the decision ultimately belongs to the person who will give nine months of their life to carrying the baby. While their partner won't necessarily be unaffected by ...
May 27, 2013 -
Re: English at school
(I'm going to assume you're talking about English lessons for [countries with mostly] native English speakers - as Lava points out, lesson focus might need to be different for ESL ...
May 18, 2013 -
Re: Adoption Not Abortion!
I know you said a lot more than just this one bit I'm about to pick at, but. (who would eventually be sucked out by a vacuum and thrown away ...
May 11, 2013 -
Re: Adoption Not Abortion!
So, it's your choice whether you continue a pregnancy, but if you're poor you have to bear and raise a child?
May 10, 2013 -
Re: YWS' Top 10 Cities According to Facebook
London, flying the flag for consistency. :P
May 9, 2013 -
Re: School Dress Codes
Just because a girl is wearing leggings, jeggings etc does not automatically mean that she is "slut-shaming"! I think the implication is that the act of banning leggings is slut-shaming, ...
May 6, 2013 -
Re: Plan B for teens
In the UK, the morning-after pill is available from any chemist or family planning clinic, even to teenagers. You go in, they take you aside to a private cubicle, and ...
May 6, 2013
