Many months ago we were contacted by a French publishing house claiming interest in one of our pictures for use on a Slovene language textbook they were putting out. We exchanged a few emails, found out they were serious but pauvre, and agreed to allow use of the photo in exchange for the enormous fame [...]
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One of our favorite sports is watching Adam learn to talk. Right now, for example, there is a little phonetic puzzle [1] that entertains us no end. When confronted with an English word beginning in S + consonant, he converts it to F [2]. You need to know this when you hear him comparing the [...] A few weeks back I received an email from one of my sisters, a typical email, an everyday, ordinary email, containing the word ‘atlatl’. Though I have a number of sisters, I have only one who is likely to use this word in an idle fashion. So a few weeks go by and I am moved [...] Me: Say ‘boo’ The original language acquistion was here. Ali G. last referenced here. Just the facts: On the A4 outside Verona, Italy Michael Manske at The Glory of Carniola maintains a category called “Things you probably won’t see in the U.S.” Look, is this really necessary? I am all in favor of linguistic inclusiveness, but I have a problem with this on a number of levels. First of all, couldn’t they just choose one language (let’s say, in all randomness, Danish) and use it? In a case like this I find it highly unlikely that a great [...] Last 3×3 We went camping a lot when I was a kid. My parents had five kids right in a row before they figured out what was causing them. This was bad for them but great for us; it’s amazing how efficiently little kids can construct the perfect society when there are so damn many of them, [...] In our haste to post the picture of the canary below, we neglected to clear our brains of various other bird-related drek that has been collecting for while. This occurred to me yesterday as I was leaving work and heard a (that?) cuckoo cuckooing in the woods; few sounds fill me with such a pastoral [...] …or don’t. “An Italian friend of mine, who learnt her English in America, calls her mobile her “self-phone”. Presumably she has heard it called a cell phone, but never seen the words written down — and it is a phone you use yourself . . .” “The simple fact is that if you are ever mentioned on [...] |
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Pétards with avatars
13th Oct 11
19 months? Dude. I stopped by hoping you'd have something here for Sandwich Week. Alas, it was not to be...
7th Apr 10
hey! i saw one of these hanging off a tree down the block the other day. i kind of love ...
6th Apr 10
Fascinating. I saw these pictures pop up and wondered what bizarre hazing ritual you were being subjected to by your ...
6th Apr 10
It is a really interesting and charming tradition, and I am nowhere near as cynical about it as this post ...
6th Apr 10
What an interesting tradition. Thanks for sharing. They're biodegradable, I hope. Or do some trees still have their paraphernalia from Martenitsi ...