Category Archives: words

speaking in tongues

Posted on February 16, 2007 by dichroic

One problem with having multiple blogs is knowing what to put where. I translated a Dutch poem today – which could probably have gone here. On the other hand, this weekend we have an outing to an amusement park (from … Continue reading →

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storming

Posted on January 18, 2007 by dichroic

I got the nicest compliment yesterday. We were making chicken “tandoori” from a mix, and to add verisimilitude to an otherwise unconvincing narrative I picked up some papadum and naan from the Indian restaurant around the corner. (Actually, the chicken … Continue reading →

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Nederlinguistics

Posted on November 17, 2006 by dichroic

One interesting thing about Dutch is that it does borrow from other languages, though possibly not as much as English does. Of course, epople at work use English frequently even when speaking in Dutch; a lot of management jargon was … Continue reading →

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