Miscellanea

This is where I put random things that I want to comment on or highlight.

Role Playing Games

I do love Tabletop Role Playing Games and I looking for groups in Hamburg to play with.

Recently I ran a 2 year campaign called Echos of Albain, set in a fantasy version of Scotland using the excellent Shadowdark system.

Language Matters

Data is

Data, as used in modern English, is a mass singular uncountable noun. Got it?

Underused Words

A list of words in English that deserve to be better known and more often used. Pick one each week and try to use it!

The Singular They

They can be perfectly used as a gender neutral singular pronoun in English. In fact this use dates all the way back to the 14th Century, according to Wikipedia.

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