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A blog about language, chocolate and occasionally politics.

Monday, October 02, 2017

Winter-Kreationen 2017

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Rejoice, for winter is upon us! Or, at least, Ritter Sport's Winter-Kreationen are upon us, and it didn't take me long to get hold o...
Sunday, September 03, 2017

Fame and fortune: the Cambridge effect

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One thing that you often hear when at Cambridge, usually said by people not at Cambridge, is that you're going to university with people...
Thursday, July 06, 2017

Lactose-free, gluten-free milk chocolate

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A quick and easy Ritter rating: Vollmilch Laktosefrei: 9/10 The reason this one is easy is that it literally tastes exactly the same as it...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Why I'm voting Pirate in Manchester Central

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I'll be voting for the Pirate Party in the upcoming general election. Here's why. Lack of digital literacy among the major parti...
Thursday, May 04, 2017

Sommergenuss 2017

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Three new varieties for me to try! That means little that's new until the autumn... but I've already noticed some that have sneaked ...
Monday, April 03, 2017

The all-time Ritter Sport ratings so far

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Now that I'm back in Germany for good, it's time to get serious about Ritter Sport. The last time I summarized my 'findings'...
Friday, September 23, 2016

Guess what?

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I ate some more chocolate - summer varieties 2016 this time. Here is the outcome. Buttermilch Zitrone: 6/10 This one's certainly fla...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

China chocolate

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On the way to China I had to change at either Amsterdam or Frankfurt. I chose Frankfurt for the Ritter Sport Winter-Kreationen. Vanilla Ch...
Sunday, June 28, 2015

Ritter Sport 2015

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Some new flavours thanks to an invited talk in Frankfurt. Strawberry & Mint: 7.5/10 This one presents a pleasantly stratified experie...
Monday, February 09, 2015

Other blog posts you may enjoy

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I've been blogging elsewhere. Here are some links: The case for Open Access (PPUK, March 2013) Linguistic necromancy: a guide for ...
Thursday, December 11, 2014

Edel-Bitter

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Trip to Vienna via Frankfurt, so I was able to get my hands on a new one. Couldn't find the winter varieties, though, sadly. Edel-Bitt...
Monday, October 13, 2014

Coffee & Hazelnuts

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The title says it all. I have my estimable colleague Wendell Kimper to thank for this one. Coffee & Hazelnuts: 9/10 As the first mout...
Sunday, July 13, 2014

Ritter Sport ratings 2014

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Some more Ritter Sport. The first two I picked up and reviewed in Marburg at the DGfS conference but must not have got round to posting. The...
Wednesday, April 02, 2014

Open Access Linguistics: You're Doing It Wrong

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If you're a linguist - any kind of linguist - then you, like me, will probably have received an email from the Open Journal of Modern L...
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Sunday, March 16, 2014

On dieting

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There will be aspects of grumpy rant to this post, but in order to contextualize it I'll need to do a little autobiographical sketch fir...
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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Wine per head of student population

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Following the publication of this , giving the amounts spent on wine by the different Cambridge colleges, I thought someone ought to compare...
Sunday, June 09, 2013

Ritter Sport again

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In my brief jaunt to Bamberg & Würzburg last month, I only managed to pick up one new Ritter Sport to road-test. And it was a pretty goo...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

More chocolate!

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This blog has got awfully serious, hasn't it? Time to talk about chocolate again. Today's instalment of the Ritter Sport ratings co...
Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Journal of Historical Syntax: interim report

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My little Journal of Historical Syntax has been in existence for a year and a half now. The Executive Committee of the LSA has requested so...
Tuesday, April 02, 2013

The case for Open Access

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The Pirate Party UK asked me to write a piece for them on Open Access. You can find it here: http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/blog/2013/mar/3...
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