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Daily Archives: August 31, 2007
Better than “a time sex thing”…
Today’s Language Log cracked me up – there have been a few very good posts of late which display some of the excellent mistranslations found in translations from Chinese to English (the phrase in this post’s title is referenced in … Continue reading
Will someone please explain this to me?
Christian commented the other night that it was a little bizarre that Halloween movies are already coming out… But can someone please explain to me why, on August 31st, Walgreens is advertising Halloween candy at 2/$5 and has their costume … Continue reading


