Vampires in Birmingham/Urban legends
am 28.01.2005 von http://transblawg.euRandom Acts of Reality reports on using the phonetic alphabet (apparently the London Ambulance Service use the NATO alphabet, see earlier entry). The comments on the story mention …
Blogger on Radio Scotland
Transblawg / Tom Reynolds (not his real name) blogs his life with the London Ambulance Service (or whatever it’s called) in Random Acts of Reality. Yesterday he was interviewed on a Radio Scotland show about his blog, which has about 5,000 readers:...…
Dog breakout at night/Tierheimausbruch bei Nacht
Transblawg / Not quite a breakout from the Battersea Dogs’ Home, but one dog opening his and his friends’ cages at night for midnight feasts. Story and videoclip. (via Random Acts of Reality, the blog of a London ambulance man)...…
Dykes on bikes and judges on dictionaries
Transblawg / (See also earlier entry) IPKAT reports on the evidence relied on when the application to register ‘Dykes on bikes’ was refused. Apparently there were over 400 pages of submissions, but the US Patent and Trademark Office relief on two dict…
Uppercase ß/Neuer Buchstabe
Transblawg / Some topics I mentioned earlier have been taken up elsewhere recently. Uppercase ß: earlier entry I was a bit early on this. The way for capital ß has now been opened (Tagesspiegel) Düsseldorf/ Berlin - Die letzte Lücke im deutschen Alph…
New language comment on earlier entry
Transblawg / On July 21st I had an entry on a new language invented in Regensburg. I have now received an email from one Robert Maier, who apparently knows something about this but mysteriously describes himself as ‘happily far from Regensburg’. I...…
In dubio pro reo: translation
Transblawg / New comment added and comments opened temporarily on an earlier entry: On May 12 2004, I wrote an entry which now seems a complete mess to me. The springboard was the question, ‘Are the words “In dubio pro reo” (Im...…
The Cat in the Microwave?
Jurabilis / This article (written in German) examines the origins of the mythical cat in the microwave case that is so often discussed abroad. This case is, in reality, little more than a legal urban legend. Other urban legends exist, such as the real McDonald…
Cat bites dog / Escondido Bibliothekskatze
Transblawg / This is a 2004 story, but you can still see a picture of the famous Escondido Library Cat (L.C.) there. VISTA – Jurors found Friday that a disabled man's civil rights were not violated when his assistance dog was attacked by the Escondido…
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