Language Liberalism Freethought Birds
Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
Although multitran.ru is a very useful site, it always pays to be aware of what it is: a freely edited dictionary, many of whose contributors are not native speakers of the language they're translating into.
helmsman; pilot; spear carrier; the man at the helmOne of these just doesn't belong.
Labels: language, Russian, translation
I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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At 6:30 AM, December 16, 2008
Mimi had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->On the shoe thing: hurray for al-Zaidi--long may he throw! He was, after all, simply reacting to the appearance of a terrorist and mass murderer. He's on Facebook and I just signed up as a fan. BTW, your refuting of a Zaidi/Hinckley comparison was right on the mark.
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