Her PA should not be protecting her from someone like you.

As her PhD student, you should be her no. 1 priority - pastorally she should be available at times of crises, like the one you are going through now. Try and find a way of telling her this.

I have the home no.s of all 3 of my supervisors and they mean it when they say I can phone anytime. And on occasion, I have.

It depends upon your field of research. Mine is new and so is my university - red-brick universities have very little credence or research standing in my field.

Anal Delia offends
Administrator's rear end
Coastman chills
In order to transcend

Branston diversifies
And galvanizes the nation
Against squeezy bottles
Whose contents cause indigestion

Liver salts
Make Walminski waltz
Whilst slurping noodles
Around Renaults.

ooh, I feel a poem coming on...

Flour contains starchy carbohydrates. Foods made from it, eg. pasta are fattening.

Andrews or Rennies?

Coastman - you still have not answered my question. What coast do you live by?

Consider my wrist slapped

Delia or Nigella?

I make dhokla - they're hugely fattening because they contain flour and oil. Don't let the yoghurt component fool you!

Pistachio barfi is nice, almond is even better.

You are immature Dr. Peasucker.
Paddington Bear http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXpLW9xNOTg

Sorry, no idea, I'm not a linguist.

Cillit Bang!

How about the well-known 'The English Language' by David Crystal (2002) Penguin.
It's non-academic but a good general read on the development of this language, grammar, dialect. etc...