Gordon Johnson: Blog

I keep noticing words that have two different meanings, depending on nwhich side of the Atlantic you live. Chips and pavemnet are examples.
In the US, chips are what we in the UK call crisps.
In the UK, chips are what you in the US call French Fries.
In the US, a pavement is what cars drive on.
In the UK, a pavement is what the pedestrians walk on (what you call a sidewalk).
For houses, what Americans call the First Floor is what we in the UK call the Ground Floor, with the First floor being the one above the ground floor.
As far as weather temperatures go, beware what scale you are using. The USA uses Fahrenheit; the rest of the world uses Celsius, and they are COMPLETELY different! 30 degrees i Europe is hot, and in the US it is cold.
Two contries divided by a single language, said Churchill, and he was right.

Having concluded the Reginald series (but suggestions have been made, so my mind is toying with an interesting continuation), I have been working on a new long story with the title "The Nowhere Man".
The length iof this new story is heading for 150,000 words, so I thought it might be time to post the first chapter, and keep working on the story. Watch for it in the next couple of days.

As I have to be away for the next couple of days with my wife for her to get a minor eye operation at a hospital 110 miles away, I am posting chapter 11 early, and the final chapter will be posted after I am home again.

Reginald, Book Six: Reginald's Future, has just been completely written: 12 chapters, with the first one to be posted in the next day or so.
As usual, you need to have read the previous volumes to enjoy this final volume.

For some unknown reason, My browser couldn't find the SOL website for a couple of days, so I was unable to post chapter three of 'Reginald's people'.
At last I can post it!