May 2013
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Mom: I swear you just played that song.
Me: That was the Korean version, this is the Japanese version.
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April 2013
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words wholly unrelated
ragbag:
humble and humble pie
i’m still out rollerblading so i don’t have much time to tell you things today, but i will tell you this… even though “to eat humble pie” is an english idiom that means something like, “to bring down one’s pride” or “to humble oneself,” it is not related to the word humble.
according to omniscient lexicographers, humble pie is a corruption of umble pie, a mediæval...
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The Guardian: City in lockdown: Bostonians tweet... →
guardian:
Boston residents have been told to stay inside as police hunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old suspect in the marathon bombing, lending an eerie calm to streets around the city. With mass transit shut down and no cars on the road, many in the locked-down neighbourhoods have taken to…
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natevarmac:
FUN FACT: “Honcho” and “tycoon” are actually Japanese words (and misspelled, too)
Honcho is actually Hanchou (班長), and means “Squad leader” or “team leader.”
Tycoon, or Taikun (大君) means “great ruler.”
So I guess they changed the way links look now. →
shortformblog:
My brain hurts.
I like this better! Differentiates it from a text post.
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