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Nautical Expressions
Cap’t Engine Cleaner emailed me “break the lead” and in researching nautical expressions trying to figure out what she meant, I got hooked. Now I get to test your knowledge: match the words to the definitions: scuttlebutt “no room to swing a cat” “splice the mainbrace” “minding your Ps and Qs” “in the offing” “freeze…
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Jokes in Other Languages
So, procrastinating to write yesterday I found banane.com -> in another country, Belgium, and it’s a joke site (blague!). So I translated a joke. Funny how your language skills are really good when you are motivated! Warning, adult content! Deux copains sont devant un tableau de Picasso. – Ça représente quoi, ce truc ? ?…
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boycott norton’s vault AND bad translator!
First, walking to work right outside of Bikram yoga/convenience store, saw cable car stopped, and brakeman leaning out asking a small, elderly Asian man if he needed an ambulance. Man and woman were huddled on the sidewalk with a 20-something blond (turns out British) woman who is on the phone with ambulance. She showed me…