A WORD IN THE HAND: GIRAFFE

SUE DE GROOT | Stick your neck out for these rock ’n rollers, you awkward turtle

A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd

23 June 2022 - 20:09 By SUE DE GROOT

Somewhere out in one of the world’s oceans, an enormous female leatherback turtle is hopefully still swimming about without any notion that her name is Sea Biscuit, nor any inkling that I am her adopted mother...

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