October 2011
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July 2011
11 posts
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“But nothing’s lost. Or else: all is translation
And every bit of us is lost in...”
– Lost in Translation, James Merrill
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“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s...”
– C.S. Lewis
The Tangential: In Defense of the Oxford Comma →
thetangential:
The decision of one University of Oxford department to cease recommending the use of the Oxford comma (the comma inserted before the final item in a list; in “dicks, boobs, and asses,” the Oxford comma appears after “boobs”) has been greeted with elation by the world’s many comma haters.
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June 2011
3 posts
“Belarus’s authoritarian president has a low opinion of people who use...”
– Young Belarussians have begun organising themselves on social-networking sites, one of the few spaces that the state does not control. Our correspondent attends a hand-clapping protest in Minsk, broken up by police. (via theeconomist)
