May 24th, 2004
Despite study of French at the junior, high school, and university
levels, I am universally confounded by native speakers of the language,
their usages unusual, their tempo staccato, their liaisons downright
dangerous.
This is nothing compared to Québecois, which
is unintelligible even to the French. Here’s a convenient guide to usage in
Québec, should you happen to find yourself there, puzzled
over why your dîner date showed up six hours early.
(From a Language Log entry on winetalk borrow-words in French Canadian coffee shops.)
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May 24th, 2004
djpretzel has revved the look of
OverClocked Remix. Check out the newly-posted Triforce
Majeure, remixing a theme from A Link To The Past that franchise
latecomers will recognize as the Hylian King’s Theme from The Wind
Waker. (The track is by a guy calling himself “Disco Dan”,
famous in some circles for his Mega Man 2
mixes but
not to be confused with the
original “Disco” Dan.)
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May 24th, 2004
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May 24th, 2004
Armand’s
Rules of the Road. “Music I will not listen to, under any
circumstances: ‘jazz brunch,’ pop, hip hop, anything with horns or high
hat, female singers. Please keep the radio tuned to ’70s stoner rock, or
else I will voice my displeasure.”
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May 24th, 2004
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May 24th, 2004
Grüss Gott! I’m enjoying my last pot of
coffee from the beans Erin brought back from
Vienna. Incidentally, it just so happens that the Houston Chronicle ran
a lifestyle article a few weeks ago about Viennese
coffeehouse culture. (Is it redundant to use “incidentally” and “it
just so happens” to describe the same clause? Maybe I could have thrown
a “by the way” or an “en passant” in there too. Come to think of it,
maybe I could have skipped the coffee this morning.)
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