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Jusht to shee you shmile

[HFBD, huashan”>!] Here’s a new way to measure the length of my commute — today’s was: So Alive – Ryan Adams Where Is The Love – Black Eyed Peas I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack Just To See

Kate ONeill May 24, 2007 Language & Linguistics, Music Appreciation 4 Comments Read more

Paging Dr. Jae…

Would you be more inclined to translate “little disaster” as “kleine Katastophe” or “Katastrophchen,” since our intent is to use it as an affectionate term (as in “Unsere kleine Katastrophe” oder “Unser Katastrophchen”)? Or is there a better translation altogether?

Kate ONeill May 14, 2007 Home Improvement, Language & Linguistics, Silliness 8 Comments Read more

Even me?

I just got spam with a subject line that said “Even you can learn a new language, Kate.” Gee whiz, really? Even me? Actually, I have been learning a new language recently. It’s the language of real estate and mortgages

Kate ONeill April 2, 2005February 6, 2015 Language & Linguistics 8 Comments Read more

Coming out to my cat

I just woke up from a dream in which I was coming out to my cat, Blackberry. Halfway through telling Blackberry I’m bi (“so that means I sleep with both men and women” — I dream of not-very-good definitions of

Kate ONeill December 13, 2003 Bi/Sexuality, Cats, Dreams, Language & Linguistics, Silliness 3 Comments Read more

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