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My passion is ...

Learning and then telling people what I learnt. Politics. Reading Books. Making Art. Arguing.

I know too much about ...

I can never know too much but for a young man such as myself I like to think I know a respectable amount about Japan, Japanese, Art History, English language and current affairs. Though, of course, Id like to know a lot, lot more.

My parents always told me ...

My dad likes to say "Bullshit baffles". This was both advice and a warning.

My childhood ambition ...

To be a cartoonist- still is.

My favorite memory ...

I really don't know. Meeting my girlfriend perhaps.

Why I write ...

Because I can't always talk. I have a big mouth so it is far safer to write my opinions down and then retreat to a safe distance.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Every newspaper I can get my hands on.

My first job ...

Assistant English Teacher in Japan

My best moment ...

is yet to come I hope.

My inspiration ...

The woman in my life

Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips The decline and corruption of the English language

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I, for one, am of the opinion that the English language is, and has been for a long time, slowly degrading. There seems to be a large catalogue of articles on this subject and it has been an important topic for linguists, philosophers, writers, literary critics (and the enlightened public at large) for a long (long) time. Probably the most famous vocal commentator on the issue in recent years being George Orwell who constantly bemoaned this state of affairs in many of his critical and literary works- his astute thoughts on the subject are too numerous to quote here suffice to say they have ...

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