Circe

I love "indubitable". It conjures up an image of a butler at a Sussex manor. Very much a Remains of the Day-type of word. Another one of my favourites is "skullduggery". Love to use it more, but it's just not a word you can casually drop into a sentence.

It depends what I'm writing. Academically, I'd never start a sentence with "but" or "and". It's been drilled into me by teachers over the years. Outside of that, of course I would! There's nothing wrong with using conjunctions at the beginning of a sentence - it's just a style thing.

I'm from the UK, so it'll have to be Geordie. Nothing against any Northerners, but hearing Cheryl Cole every Saturday night on The X Factor made me want to pull my hair out.

"To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour." -From "Auguries of Innocence" by William Blake

I have to learn some Swedish before I move for my Masters next year. My course is taught in English, but I want to be able to travel and see other places while I'm in Sweden. Even if I only learn how to stumble through, "Where is the toilet?" and, "Is anyone sitting there?" it'll be worth it.