Geronimo !I've always heard the word said but never knew it's meaning or history. Turns out it's the name of an American-Indian who became a prisoner of war. There's several theories of how the name/word came into common use... As always, a small fav...
Ellohay !That's "hello" in pig-Latin if you didn't recognise it. How are you going and what's new? I always love getting emails and messages from you, the dear readers, so drop me a line with what you're up to!As always, a small favour? Could you for...
G'day !Hope you're staying safe where ever you're reading this from. Melbourne is still in lockdown and has crossed the 200 days total in lockdown just last week. 😖 The silver lining is that vaccination rates are finally picking up with Australia ad...
Hū færst þū ?How are you ? That text might look foreign, but it's actually Old English and translates to "how fares you", the original basis of the new greeting. Supposedly "hello" and "hi" were only introduced into the common language around 1850. B...
G'day !How are you doing? The Olympics are over and Melbourne is in another snap lockdown. Sigh. How are things where you are? Email me and let me know.As always, a small favour? Could you forward this newsletter to just 3 people that you think would...
Bonswa !That's "good evening" in Maltese. Melbourne has been out of lockdown for a few days now and I've spent the weekend going for walks and catching up on eating out. What have you been up to? Email me and let me know.As always, a small favour? Co...
Howdy !How are you doing? It's day 9 of lockdowns for Melbourne and I'm starting to get a bit stir crazy. At least the case numbers here are pretty reasonable. Elsewhere in Australia... well, not so much. How are things where you are? Email me and le...
Bonjour !That's French for "good day". Welcome to this week's Sunday Surprise...delayed because of the me being on-call for a hospital to the Monday Moment. As I write this, Melbourne is back in another lockdown. The silver lining is that traffic is...
Guten tag !That's German for "good day" by the way. It's been another relaxing weekend for me after declining to do extra work. I was very much a needed time off after how busy the end of the week prior became. Just a reminder that there's about a we...
Hi ?It's officially the first birthday of the Sunday Surprise! Hooray! To celebrate, I will be doing some competitions probably next week. Let me know what you think the prizes should be. In the mean time, I thought I'd use this issue as a retrospec...
