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I am reading a book about murder in ancient Rome and it has used both “large adult son” and “chinny reckon” and I am FASCINATED by how these phrases (and others) have been translated not just for North American readers but also into other languages

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I realise there are a billion Catholics on the planet but I’m still thinking about the conviction Jacob Elordi had that everyone could hear the capitalisation in his speech, when he was talking about how Guillermo del Toro told him to regard his 10hr makeup time as “The Sacrament” – these thoughts partly brought to us by that one dude I know who has no idea what Advent is

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The most delightful thing for me lately, as someone who likes to learn about everything, is that the friends and mutuals I’ve been blessed with over the last 20+ years all know STUFF about THINGS to a high level so I get to enjoy newsletters, blogs, academic papers, books, podcasts etc about it all

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