Update: Dodge County man hit, killed by Jeep while getting his mail identified For this and similar, sometimes baffling, sometimes hilarious crash blossoms, check out Crash Blossoms. *Newspaper headlines written in a telegraphic style which often omits the copula and … [Read more...] about Crash Blossoms*
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Linguistic Gourmets
Dialog snippet I overheard last night in a TV show I didn't even know I still had on my DVR: – Wanna go eat some Chinese? – Cantonese or Mandarin? – It’s Chinese Chinese, what the hell. … [Read more...] about Linguistic Gourmets
It’s All Right For Y’All
Just think about the problems you could have with English. via ...is a blog … [Read more...] about It’s All Right For Y’All
Awesome Christmas Special
During our time in Japan, we went to Australia to visit relatives once a year around Christmas. Now that we live in the States, it is only about every four years that we manage to go. We usually stay in Burleigh Heads on the Queensland coast and for the past couple of times in … [Read more...] about Awesome Christmas Special
Shirts For Translators
Last week Tuesday, on the evening before the ATA conference started, we all sat at the hotel bar when Robin B. showed up with this hilarious #ATA50 shirt. (Note: This is not an official ATA t-shirt.) Since I took the picture freehand with my Blackberry, it is not entirely … [Read more...] about Shirts For Translators