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The uncanny valley of mutated cognates
So an Irish Independent article described a generation as "Mid-century enfant terribles". I immediately threw up in my mouth a little bit, and was unable to read any further. Part of me wants to go back & check the author's name so that I have a target for my rage, but I won't. I won't tolerate that smell for a detail of such secondary importance ( Read more... ) -
"Quotative Likes" don't misrepresent people, people misrepresent people.
Stephen's all like: "The quotative like introduces a 'more-or-less' quotation, and by using quotation marks, you make it look like I actually said this - but I never did - you're totally putting words in my mouth, bro." [1]
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Notes on flying to EJC 2015 from Ireland
To Bruneck (ejc 2015 ) from Ireland in Summer time- Bozen - 66 mnutes by car. Railway station in Airport, but rail link to Bruneck might be circuitous. Winter time: 3 flights a day, all to Roma (Fiumicino) I don't know how the summer timetable would compare. http://www.bolzanoairport.it/Read more... )
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6-4 - Hit now or try to build a trap?
When I saw this pic, I thought the 'hit & make' (8/2,6/2) seemed obvious, I was puzzled as to why I'd thought it complex enough to pause for a photo.
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Tarrea to Kinvarra
I'm in doubt as to how Tarrea should be pronounced. Reading it, I pronounced it to rhyme with hurray, emphasis on 2nd syllable. I spoke separately to three locals, who all pronounced it more like Tara. Now that i look it up, logainm.ie and places.galwaylibrary.ie each offers a different Irish spelling and meaning for the place, but all the Irish ( Read more... ) -
Backgammon strategy applied to SCRABBLE(tm)
So Stewart's recent ADEIRSS opening rack has focused my remaining brain cells on the ploy of the deliberate phoney ( Read more... ) -
Unmasking the sock monster - an anthropomorphic personification of the second law of thermodynamics.
The normal life-cycle of a sock involves wearing it [and its twin] until the hole in the toe grows bothersome enough to throw it [and maybe its twin] out ( Read more... ) -
Cave Village to Weir Village
Of the whole coastline from Galway to Kilcolgan, this circuit of Stradbally has been the most pleasant walk ( Read more... ) -
Tawin to Cave
Set out from the top of a boreen in Ballynaclochy, at:
http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,535189,719238,6,0
Here's a view from inside Shanmullen Channel, looking North through the channel from its southern end.
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