David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As a Londoner and a linguist I enjoy hearing many languages spoken around me. A friend of mind once said he tried to identify a language he heard spoken on a bus, to which my brother Graham replied “How many cases did it have?” 011
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I got a 2 badge for the first time in ages - it's one of my favourite test words. But perhaps it's something more commonly seen in England than America. (And my Share button still doesn't work.) 011
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026When I was kidz we didn't have Hallowe'en, we had Guy Fawkes. I still think Hallowe'en is stupid. 000
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Wordle 1,916 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩A bit of a come-down. 000
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Wordle 1,914 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Back to run-of-the-mill fours. 010
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Wordle 1,912 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩The usual... 010
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Wordle 1,910 2/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩That restores my averages! 000
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Wordle 1,909 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩That's not the normal spelling. At least, not on my side of the Atlantic. 020
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I invented a fairy chess piece that can move to any square to which it could not legally move if it were any other chess piece. I called it a Joker, but I now think Cat would be better. 021
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Wordle 1,901 4/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Streak of one. It's a start, anyway. 010
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Fell at the last hurdle with a streak of 62. Start again! 010
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Wordle 1,899 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 000
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Wordle 1,898 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Surprise, after yesterday's six! 010
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Wordle 1,897 6/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Sea of greens and a badge for 60 day streak. 010
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I also got it in three, but lost the 'share' button. Probably because of my ad blocker. Also completed a streak of 50. (The bot said 59, but some of them got lost.) 010
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I gather Amol Rajan is leaving the BBC. So now I can go back to listening to the Today programme and watching University Challenge. Huzzah! 000
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 27/08/202674% chance of rain they promised us yesterday. So what mug trailed round a sultry London alternately wearing and carrying a heavy raincoat? If I commissioned weather forecasts I'd be demanding my money back. 000
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Wordle 1,895 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Any more fours and I'll give up Wordling for ever! 000
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Wordle 1,894 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Any more consecutive fours and I'll give up Wordle for ever! 010
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Wordle 1,892 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Runs of four is getting boring. 010
David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Seelcting blocks from a picture is the worst kind of identification process ever. 000