It's not important why I was looking up the northernmost island in the St Kilda archipelago on Google, but I was surprised to see an advert for "Boreray Singles. Here you find singles from your area!". Neither Boreray in St Kilda nor Boreray off North Uist has been inhabited by humans for decades.

posted at: 23:40 | path: /hebridesbailey | permanent link to this entry

I wonder whether the Germans who complain about Denglisch realize that, far from turning German into a dialect of English, it produces expressions that are at least misleading and often incomprehensible if you're a native English speaker.

Take the German online dating service PARSHIP. I can see what they're aiming for, but the name looks to me like a root vegetable. Goodness knows how they'll do in the UK.

posted at: 23:28 | path: /D | permanent link to this entry