Changes

This is an extremely chatty book in a ''you’ll never guess what...'' kind of way. It’s not overly familiar, like a stranger sharing their stories of piles with you, but more like a good friend or gossip magazine columnist filling you in on the news. It’s self-depreciating deprecating in places, but that just makes it even more cute and fun to read. And it’s chock full of information too. I didn’t know half the stuff it mentioned though I had heard several of the myths being debunked, and since I’d oft suspected most weren’t true, I’m thrilled that I now have the evidence to confirm this. It’s not all remote, either – some things I’ve heard before, from other language books or from linguistics courses, reappears which reassured me that the new things I’m reading are also true, if you see what I mean, and not just the creative imaginations of a witty writer. It’s a combination that works well, the new and the familiar, the reasonable and the facts that will cause a double take. You may already know that