Irish Class, April 19, 2010
Rang Gaeilge, 19ú lá mí Aibreáin 2010
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Monday night Irish Class, April 19, 2010
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To Serve Man
A Chicago friend posted this on Facebook.
“Freshly Ground Black People”: World’s Worst Typo Leaves Publisher Reeling
An Australian publisher is reprinting 7,000 cookbooks over a recipe for pasta with “salt and freshly ground black people.”
Penguin Group Australia’s head of publishing, Bob Sessions, acknowledged the proofreader for the Pasta Bible should have picked up the error, but called it nothing more than a “silly mistake.”
The “Pasta Bible” recipe for spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto was supposed to call for black pepper.
Why the Germans do not speak a Romance language
Asok in the Art Department
Engineering Method #1
Fantasy before Reality
I stumbled on 5 Ancient Acts of War That Changed the Face of the Earth. The history is accurate, though the style and vocabulary are …. not what I used when writing papers for History 10 at Carleton 40 years ago. Also interesting are the parallels used to describe historical events. Mildly NSFW language behind cut
Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens
An Expanding Space Program
China Shifts Space Station Project Into Overdrive
China is planning to launch three spacecraft between 2011 and 2016 to form the basis of a manned space station, the director of the Chinese Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) said Wednesday.
Monday night Irish class, April 12, 2010
Irish Class, April 12, 2010
Rang Gaeilge, 12ú lá mí Aibreáin 2010
Fabhalscéal as Gaeilge / A fable in Irish
First draft here. This is the revision
with suggestions from Wes taken as September
21, 2009. I should have realized that Irish loan-words from English would follow British English usage. Additonal corrections
per Wes on April 12, 2010.
This is based on Eric Bogle’s song Nobody’s Moggy Now
(Lyrics), but is nowhere near as funny.
Bow Lathe and Fancy Footwork
At the Village Carpenter
Linking to this video.
