September 2011
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today in intriguing german loanwords:
künstlerroman • a novel that has as its main theme the formative years of an artist.
some english examples of this sub-sub-genre are »
David Copperfield, The Tragic Muse, Martin Eden, In Search of Lost Time, Sons and Lovers, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Of Human Bondage, This Side of Paradise, To the Lighthouse, Black Boy & Life Is Elsewhere
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yesterday in intriguing german...
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my suffolk summer
at one time, when i was much younger and imperceptibly less handsome, i challenged you to write about your summer using the 12 words of the word summer series. while the results are still trickling in, i wanted to alert you all to my friend amelia and how she spent her summer cruising for boys wearing speedos (join the club, amelia). let’s listen in…
I can crookle very well. It was...
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snuff & cold lemonade
as many of you know, my underground mariachi band is about to drop our latest album. all this studio time has really been taking a toll on my voice however and for the last few days i’ve been sounding a lot like alec baldwin with a bullfrog in his larynx.
my personal trainer has been treating me with all the usual holistic remedies for laryngitis (orchid honey, pickle brine, kerosene)...
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the continuing adventures of t. s. eliot
many people know that t.s. eliot was a highly successful banker. but did you also know that he wrote poetry?
one day, i. a. richards had a run-in with one of eliot’s bosses at lloyd’s bank and learned the following about his banking prospects:
Bank Official: Tell me, if you will—you won’t mind my asking, will you? Tell me, is he, in your judgement, would you say, would you...
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on the evils of the skating rink
Here all who pay the admission fee—the virtuous maiden and the abandoned libertine, the drunkard, the gambler, and the church member—meet together on terms of social equality, and slide, and joke, and laugh, and bet with each other in the most unrestricted manner
In Wilkesbarre, in a rink chiefly owned and controlled by a prominent member of a large, popular church, they had…a prize of twenty...
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today in intriguing german loanwords:
geisterfahrer • a driver who mysteriously appears on the wrong side of the road.
urban dictionary clears up the mystery on why german speakers need a word for this seemingly rare phenomenon:
[Its literal translation is] “Ghost Driver;” a driver who drives on the wrong direction on an autobahn, often with headlights turned off at night. Usually a drunk driver but can also be a...
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