Sicily Scene's 2011 Italian logic prize goes to a twelve-year-old student of mine who, when I explained to the class the British habit of giving houses names, deduced,
"Oh, so when you come home you say 'Ciao, Michael' to your house?!"
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| My former house in Cardiff, which I named Le Bateau Ivre |
THe set of three houses that contains my house has a collective name I love - Hope Cottages
ReplyDeleteThe student surely deserves the award :) The name of your former house is the title of a poem, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteUmmm...I've been known to say G'day to my home...often...particularly after I've been away from it for longer than I've intended or wanted!
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of inanimate objects/things I talk to...perhaps therapy is required!! ;)
Well if our house is called Michael - yes.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lovely name, jams. Hi, Josep. Yes, Rimbaud. Hi, Lee. You and I both! There you go, then, James.
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