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[elliejane]

Just a little language titbit for any of my linguistically inclined flist (and jazzymegster I'm primarily thinking of you here). The link is to the Language Log and has refs to chinese language/pinyin and inappropriate translations. The frequent bemusing use of the word "fuck" by no means brought any of my flist to mind. Heh.

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003202.html


I get the Language Log on my flist now, and boy, does it make me feel inadequate/confused/wildly interested/frustrated.

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[jazzymegster.livejournal.com]

Well, as I type this, I am waiting for its info page to load so I can friend it. Also, I shall pass on the link to someone on MY flist who I think might be interested in it.

Yeah - words of the day, unless they're outlandish words, can be boring (sad fact of life). But from reading that one post you linked to, this place looks interesting (also, if this amuses you much, check out www.engrish.com - it's more Japanese-English, but still along the lines of mistranslations being amusing).

:)