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\"\"<\/a>Inspired by Pam at Nerd’s Eye View<\/a>, and because it’s Boxing Day and I’m still too full of food to even contemplate writing a new post just at the moment, I’ve decided to summarise my favourite posts from this past year of blogging. If I could, I’d do this in song, but I haven’t yet worked out how to put sound on here, so you’re just going to have to imagine that part of it. I’m sure my students would have liked that luxury, too. They, however, had to sing the whole thing<\/a>, with actions. Ah, wouldn’t you have *loved* me as a teacher when you were learning foreign languages at school? (Apologies for the rotten scansion, by the way. This is why I’m an English teacher, not a poet.)<\/p>\n

The 12 months of 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the first month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
\nInadvertent rudery: Hear No Evil<\/a><\/p>\n

In the second month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
\nAlcohol most lemony: St Clements<\/a><\/p>\n

In the third month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
\nA case of classroom anarchy: Fruit Salad<\/a><\/p>\n

In the fourth month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
\nBistecca fiorentina (bloody): Cake and Steak<\/a><\/p>\n

In the fifth month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
\nAN EXCITING FOOTBALL WIN!: On Winning at Gallipoli<\/a><\/p>\n

In the sixth month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
\nA friend in a pink bikini: When I was two, I was nearly new<\/a><\/p>\n

In the seventh month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
\nA very long train journey: In training<\/a><\/p>\n

In the eighth month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
\nSurprise romance in gay Paree: Left for love<\/a><\/p>\n

In the ninth month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
\nPeople-watching and OCD: Let the train take the strain<\/a><\/p>\n

In the tenth month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
\nLove-notes from a Calabrese: Fly me to the moon and let me play among the lobsters<\/a><\/p>\n

In the eleventh month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
\nA ‘shortcut’ on a road most watery: Noah’s Rover<\/a><\/p>\n

In the twelfth month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
\nPig shins (also known as ‘stinchi<\/em>‘): Bleat, piggy, bleat<\/a><\/p>\n

I hope you’ve all had a wonderful 2010. Do link me up to your personal highs and lows in the comments, and I shall look forward to catching up with you all properly in 2011.<\/p>\n

Image by Frodobabbs<\/a> on flickr<\/p>\n

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