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Learning European Languages (Michel Thomas)
I’ve said on a couple livestreams that the ideal way for an English speaker to begin learning or excel in learning other major European languages (Spanish, French, Italian and German) is to use Michel Thomas’s audiotapes. They can be found for free on Pirate Bay and other sites, but you can also buy them [on his official … ⌘ Read more
Learn Latin
Latin was the first language I learned and has probably been the most useful. Here I’ll talk about some of the things it’s gotten me and some recommendations for how to learn it well.
What I’ve gotten out of learning Latin You get multiple languages for one.Latin, as you probably know is the ancestor of Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, etc. Once you know Latin, it is quite literally downhill learning any of these. In college … ⌘ Read more
Currently imagining Lady Gaga retrieving her French bulldogs the John Wick way.
Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: Victor Séjour’s Le Mulâtre https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2020/02/23/mulaitre.html #books #literature #blackhistorymonth #translation #french #announcement
Spotify’s ‘release radar’ seems to use artist name instead of artist ID, which is annoying now that there are mediocre french soundcloud rappers named Devo and Rush
Marvel at Tiny, Perfect Staircases Made by a Secret Society of French Woodworkers - Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/compagnons-tiny-staircases-models
The Anglo-Saxon is not American or British but a French alter-ego | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/the-anglo-saxon-is-not-american-or-british-but-a-french-alter-ego
The French counter-revolution has its best surgeons put the heads back on the bodies, in fact you’ll get an extra head if you ask nicely.
Near its shores, if you can call them that, lies a stone coffin. It is overgrown by a rose bush and something is written on it in French.
Languages can be alloyed like metals: Wordsmiths like to add a little French for elegance, or German for philosophic toughness.
The joy of reading Hemingway
Recently, Kent had the misfortune of picking “ A Moveable Feast”, by Ernest Hemingway, for a school assignment. I know I am not the right person1 to judge anyone’s writing style, I am simply recollecting the comments Kent has made while reading the book.
So far, other than finding the book boring — mind it, he is barely 13 — he is puzzled at the use of French terms that he … ⌘ Read more
No more Freedom Fries?
It was really interesting to read on the BBC News:
A pro-Iraq war US congressman who campaigned for French fries to be renamed “freedom fries” is now calling for US troops to return home from Iraq. Republican Representative Walter Jones is to introduce legislation demanding a timetable for the withdrawal.
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“I just feel that the reason of going in for weapons of mass … ⌘ Read more
Thanks god it is Friday… 13th?!
Finally the weekend has arrived. After the week I have had, I have been looking forward this weekend, not because I have plans of anything special, but because I yern for some rest.
Today was a boring day at work, since my coworker and friend was not there. I only had two good moments: my french friend Claire and her sister Isabel came by to visit and we went out for lunch, and my friend Yanyan (Jane) came by to visit, just before I left. By the way, it was g … ⌘ Read more