A lot of us get to thinking that there exists this arbitrary rule within the English language that enforces people to say 'an' when the word following it begins with a vowel.
For instance, we say, "An artichoke" and, "An umbrella", but the gurus of language didn't intend us to do so simply because "we have to use 'an' when the next word starts with a vowel." That would be like saying, "The...
Sunday, 28 July 2013
Friday, 12 July 2013
Everything in my life happens in twos!
Hear me out. It's more a theory than a
hypothesis, you know, because it's been tested. A hundred times, even, and a hundred
times it's happened. When a thing occurs in my life, it occurs again.
Everything in my life happens twice!
Last week the keyboard tray on my computer desk fell apart. Just
fell apart. The screws had been loosening themselves, I guess, and all at once
three of them popped...
Friday, 5 July 2013
My smartphone is a culmination of first world problems
I swear that my phone hates me. I've come to believe that it's teeming with thousands of tiny first-world nanomites that refuse to vacate their nest whenever I'm forced to open my phone and fiddle with the battery.
I try to console myself. Think realistically. Be grateful. I mean, none of us is free from the gripes and annoyances that make our lives slightly less convenient. For some it's that dishwasher...
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