Category Archives: language

WHAT MUST BE SAID by Gunther Grass

July 14, 2014 – 4:14 pm

Poetry by eighty-four year-old Germans is rarely read by anyone, however in 2012 Gunther Grass’s WHAT MUST BE SAID has reaped the Nobel Prize winner a firestorm of condemnation from Israel and Germany. The Israeli interior minister went so far as to declare the writer of THE TIN DRUM ‘persona non grata’ and demand that […]

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Thai Tongue Twisters

April 6, 2014 – 1:01 am

This addition has nothing to do with sex. As a child my moother tried to improve my speech by having me say ‘toy boat’ three times fast. Impossible with a stutter. Thais utilize the same practice. I guess all languages do. Here’s a sampling from www.2bankgok.com 1.) Kluai tanee plai wee hiaw, hew wee pai […]

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Eyes In The Sky

December 31, 2013 – 10:47 pm

The FAA announced plans to allow Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia to test drones for commercial use starting in 2015. The BBC reported that the head of the FAA, Michael Huerta, said safety would be the priority as it considers approval for unleashing the unmanned aircraft into US skies to provide […]

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The Language Of Thieves

April 12, 2012 – 1:15 pm

Back in the 80s I lived on Ile St. Louis with a South African model. Her husband paid the rent. He lived in the South of France, where he had a clothing factory in Biot. Vanesse had lied to her husband and said that I was gay. “I have nothing against ‘gay’. Guy had fought […]

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Origin Of Boob

April 5, 2012 – 4:10 pm

Some words have simple explanations, because we are simple people.

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