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Kalleh: Recovered this from long ago. Is the site still functional?! Robert...
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We forget how hard life was for our ancestors, how the plague inspired "ring around the roses" It's ......
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September 07, 2020 06:48
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Guess I'm just lucky with food... ......
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August 17, 2020 19:07
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The flock-passing-smoke / transience is most likely, but I instinctively went to smoked-goose......
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August 17, 2020 08:40
Repetitive duplicates
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Boo boo, cha cha, cous cous, mahi mahi, peri peri, pom pom, shabu shabu, Sing Sing, tom tom... Star......
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August 07, 2014 10:09
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In Republica Massachusettensi Senatus et Curatores Omnibus Ad Quo Hae Litterae Pervenerint Salutem i......
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June 06, 2014 18:01
RE: Reiquepublicae vs Republica
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Daughter just graduated BU Law. Near the top the diploma refers to "Republica" of Massachusetts. ......
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June 05, 2014 19:09
Reiquepublicae vs Republica
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Diploma for a new graduate refers to the state as "Republica" but the US as "reiquepublicae" Distin......
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June 05, 2014 12:18
RE: Untranslatable
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In re-expressing an idea from one language to another, the mapping may never be exact. The human ey......
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October 15, 2013 02:34
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Quite right goofy. Even with aliens, our space ventures have sought common ground in mathematical c......
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September 02, 2013 15:39
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No indulgence? OK then, proofreader. Looks like you're stuck with "A bit above a pain in the buttoc......
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September 02, 2013 14:24
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Hey guys, you want just ONE word, you gotta let me derive an etymology that includes the phrase "and......
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September 02, 2013 12:24
RE: Untranslatable
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If you will accept a word with the right metaphorical sense, perhaps "gomukhasana..." ......
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September 02, 2013 11:55
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To goofy -- It is always possible to find at least an approximate translation between two languages.......
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September 02, 2013 10:56
RE: Ghost words
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Just as we explore the idea of word ghosts, and cultural memories, it seems xkcd got the same feelin......
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September 02, 2013 05:00
RE: Untranslatable
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No words are truly "untranslatable" as in entirely impossible to map to another language/culture/sys......
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September 01, 2013 19:50
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Speaking of reviving old threads: ......
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August 29, 2013 05:49
RE: Ghost words
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Actually still on point, proofreader... Amusing to note which things, though non-functional, give p......
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August 27, 2013 07:03
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Perhaps so, Proofreader. On the other hand, boomboxes got really big, physically, in the 1980s. An......
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August 27, 2013 06:17
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By the way - none of the under-30 crowd wear watches anymore. It's on their phone-pad-laptop. But e......
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