User:Donnanz

Current status: retired, widower.

My name is, which I shorten to. With the family name of, this gives one less syllable to pronounce. Needless to say, I am no fan of Donald Trump - is far more tolerable.

I tend to specialise in English, British English in particular, as well as Norwegian translations, and occasionally Danish and Swedish.

I am a firm believer in the British -ise spellings. These are used as far afield as New Zealand, where I was born, brought up and educated. As a result I have used them all my life. Moreover, one hardly ever sees the -ize spellings being used in Britain, where I live now.

There are British spellings I don't use: I prefer instead of, and  instead of.

A useful reference
This is a useful reference for checking between Bokmål and Nynorsk words and spellings:. Lexin also has audio for both Bokmål and Nynorsk words, which is really handy.

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Images added - my own work
Some of these aren't all that wonderful, and can be removed or changed of course.

A wee bit of nonsense

 * Q: What is an escapea?
 * A: A pea that escapes from the dinner plate.
 * Q: When is a grey day grade A? - A: Never.
 * Tall story is not the antonym of short story.
 * If someone calls you a cheapskate, thank them for the compliment.
 * Would you Adam and Eve it, they're naked! (inspired by Cockney rhyming slang)
 * When running a check on I was asked "Did you mean little ?" Hmm...

Photo gallery


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− 	description = " index of counties in the United States of America.", − 	parents = {{name = "United States of America", sort = "counties of the United States of America"}, "counties of the United States of America", "list of sets"}, − }

United States county index
This is a poor substitute for a deleted category which worked perfectly.