A sort of extraordinary exercise in control of voice and facial expressions, in the form of a Judy Garland impression, of all things. From the ever-impressive Amy Walker: Related to something I could have sworn I’d posted previously, but apparently haven’t: 21 accents in 2 1/2 minutes. (via BoingBoing)
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Language, linguistics, lovely
Posted by Ben on June 4, 2009
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You Know You Want More
Reading: read (most of) Kelly Link’s Magic For Beginners online, for free, legitimately! (And then read an interview with her at Meeting House Mag.) [via Bookslut] Watching: watch Stalker, online. It’s a movie by the guy who did the good Solaris. What’s not to like? [via Warren Ellis] Listening: all about con men. And by […]
Posted by Ben on October 23, 2008
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Perilous indeed
A book’s journey from one language into another can be perilous. The Russian title for J. D. Salinger’s classic tale of adolescence translates as “Above the Precipice in the Rye.†A clerk in a Yokohama bookshop once told John Steinbeck’s wife that yes, he had a copy of Steinbeck’s “Angry Raisins.†Has this bumpy road gotten […]
Posted by Ben on September 4, 2008
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