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Showing posts with label translations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label translations. Show all posts
Monday, March 25, 2013

Found in Translation

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My cousin recently sent me a link to this UK  DailyMailOnline  post titled "Lost in translation: Hilarious advice signs from foreign a...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Bread Brands and Phonetics

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Today at the grocery store I came across a brand of bread of which I had never before seen or heard. My first thought upon seeing the ...
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Friday, November 12, 2010

Plus de L’esprit de l'escalier

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More on the wit of the staircase - L'esprit de l'escalier (or l'esprit d'escalier) (staircase wit) is thinking of a clever ...
Monday, November 2, 2009

Calque You Very Much

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If it wasn't for calques, we wouldn't be able to stop at the beer garden for some free verse on our way to the flea market to tak...
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