The Netherland is not the most picturesque of countries: no-one comes here to be awed by the natural beauty of the landscape. Not unless they’re into straight lines and flat fields or are impressed by the fact that you sometimes have to go uphill to get to the sea. (This last not-so-natural phenomenon of the …
‘Ansbach’, ‘bottomness’ (nothing to do with your backside!), ‘black sanctus’: any idea what these words mean? Neither do I, or at least I didn’t until they featured in the Oxford English Dictionary’s ‘word of the day’ (I consult the dictionary’s website regularly for professional reasons). And that got me thinking – I work with the …
