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#180 - Mundanity.
Jul. 10th, 2008 01:17 amI'm sitting here, folding laundry, and I'm thinking to myself: "Man, I need more house dresses."
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...lolPrairie Muffin housewife.
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A particularly apt quote I found about translating,clumsily slightly edited to be equally scathing of both genders: "Translations are like spouses; the faithful ones are rarely good-looking and the good-looking ones are rarely faithful!"
Seriously, guys. Translation is hard.
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Four Professors of Literature see a gathering of Ladies of Easy Virtue and wonder aloud what the correct collective name would be.
"What's this?" said the first. "A flourish of strumpets?"
"Nay," said the second, "an essay of Trollope's."
"Rather, a jam of tarts," said the third.
"No, gentleman," concluded the last. "This is an anthology of pros."
-Reileen
heavy thoughts tonight, and they aren't snow white
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A particularly apt quote I found about translating,
Seriously, guys. Translation is hard.
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Four Professors of Literature see a gathering of Ladies of Easy Virtue and wonder aloud what the correct collective name would be.
"What's this?" said the first. "A flourish of strumpets?"
"Nay," said the second, "an essay of Trollope's."
"Rather, a jam of tarts," said the third.
"No, gentleman," concluded the last. "This is an anthology of pros."
-Reileen
heavy thoughts tonight, and they aren't snow white