Students are full of lovely surprises with their interpretations of British culture. Here is a compilation of some of the choicest recent offerings (obviously without attribution, and condensed in a few places).
On British opposition to the idea of a channel tunnel:
“It would be an opportunity for ’strange creatures’ to enter Britain.”
On political affiliation:
“The Labour Party [...]
Entries from August 2008
7 August 2008
From the pens of students
2 August 2008
Belated update…
Wow, it’s been too long since I updated this. Life has been busy, busy, busy in the last few weeks, mostly in positive and exciting ways (though there’s been a lot of work as well).
Well, the new relationship is progressing and we’ve visited each other in recent weeks and spent some lovely time together, as [...]


