User:Awien

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I'm a word person, so at least for the moment this page will be devoid of bells or whistles of any kind.

My career was as a French lecturer, with my interest pretty much divided between language and literature. I'm retired now, but apparently the itch to fix people's writing is in the genes, because I seem to have morphed into a Wikignome. So it goes, I guess.

My ambition is to remain curious and continue to learn till the day I die.

Other languages: some German and Italian, Latin to general degree level but very long ago, a smattering of Greek, Czech, and Spanish acquired as a tourist.

Other interests: opera; hiking and snorkelling; ikebana; restoring neglected things of beauty wherever I encounter them; travel, which I may have to give up because of the carbon footprint flying gives me; oh, and good food and good wine.

I regard Wikipedia as a fascinating experiment . . .