New questionnaire with Nicky up at Delirium

[MJG]

Originally Posted by MSPKYE

Thanks for that Lindz! liking the sound of the direction of the album

Originally Posted by Chocolate Kettle

Ooooh SATT, EMG and a bit of TIMT...heads are gonna roll on this forum

Means absolutely nothing. Have we not learned yet??
(thinks of what Wire has said previously about forthcoming albums... )

Originally Posted by tucka

so nicky doesn't like the sound of his own voice...

Hahaha was thing the same thing.



Interesting that he said they lost a lot of money with the US thing.

[pcp]

Thanks for sharing. I am glad to see the U.S. is a possibility despite the money they spent to come here.

[StandAndStare]

Thanks Lindz! Looking forward to Nicky's new lyrics..

[Line]

Thank you so much

Just wondering, at what age do you start school in Britain?

[Littlesue]

Originally Posted by Line

Thank you so much

Just wondering, at what age do you start school in Britain?

Sometime after your 4th birthday, you either start September or January depending when your birthday falls

[Lindz Delirium]

depends where you live though, in Northants we only have one intake, in September. Jude was 4 on 31st July and started in the September, so she was 4 and about 4 weeks old.

[franny]

Great questionnaire, thanks. Very excited about the new album now.

[Anna_Karenina]

Awesome! Thanks!

[MSPlover]

Thank you so much, Lindz I enjoyed reading it.

[everlasting]

Good questions / answers. The school thing is weird over here. My niece started school this year, she's 4, and I was shocked when my brother told me they started teaching basic French to her! I was like "She can't speak fluent English yet!" Crazy. I didn't start foreign language until 11 at high school.
Like the possible sound that the new album will be like....but we know it'll be nothing like any of the past albums

[Baz 80]

Thanks for the link, Lindz. Very interesting.

[Bryter Layter]

Awww...so nice to hear from Nicky again! Thanks for posting his replies to your questions!

[theperfectcat]

Originally Posted by everlasting

Good questions / answers. The school thing is weird over here. My niece started school this year, she's 4, and I was shocked when my brother told me they started teaching basic French to her! I was like "She can't speak fluent English yet!" Crazy. I didn't start foreign language until 11 at high school.
Like the possible sound that the new album will be like....but we know it'll be nothing like any of the past albums

I think starting to teach French at that age actually sounds like a great idea- I did French and German from 11-14 and then German for two more years after that, and have forgotten pretty much everything. Learning the languages almost concurrently is probably a better way of helping a child become bilingual (as long as, after a certain point, they are given the choice if they want to continue). Also, since part of the difficulty for me was understanding the different grammatical and phonological rules of French and German as opposed to English (which is really awkward compared to many others), learning French early might help the child pick up other Romance languages like Italian and Spanish later on if they wish to.

Overall I'm not sure I agree with Nicky- while I like the idea of a child being free to explore and learn without an institutional education for longer (and as he points out it hasn't really harmed Scandinavians), the first ten or so years of a child's life are the years in which they are most capable of learning quickly. I would be against imposing anything on children that they felt they couldn't cope with, though.

Anyway, all of this waffle aside- Nicky NEEDS to get on Come Dine With Me. Petition, anyone?

[The Gutless Wonder]

A Manics 'Come Dine With Me' special! Please!

[Suicide_Riot_Junk]

Thanks very much for posting Wires replies! Am sooo looking forward to the new album.