News items picked up this morning. Well not exactly, because the following bird was photographed by a friend in South America. But for such a little scrap of feathers it has a big name, it is called the Tufted Tit-Tyrant, so beware if you go to Peru.
Tufted Tit-Tyrant
The 'idiot's apostrophe' or Deppenapostroph. The English often get into trouble as to where to put their apostrophes but German language doesn't even entertain it. Be humble, as my English grammar can be wanting I am so happy to see another country lay down contrary rules.
“In the midst of winter,” wrote Albert Camus, “I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” Taken from Gordon Brown's article
It has that tyrannical look about it.
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