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cola_fan

review of Queneau's Exercises in Style: hellenisms

Jan 29, 2006 18:07

favorite words, many of them hellenisms, from the Exercises in Style, a clever and wordy book in which the author tells and retells 99 times an everyday story. It makes a good example of Oulipo, a school which makes use of mathemetical games or constraints to stimulate creativity.

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zmode13 January 29 2006, 23:33:55 UTC

Isn't apheresis also the word for platelet donation?

cola_fan January 29 2006, 23:37:04 UTC

Indeed it is!. Updated.

zmode13 January 29 2006, 23:43:25 UTC

What a weird pair of definitions. I guess both have to do with taking a part from the whole, but still.

hmmm eyemjess February 2 2006, 04:11:10 UTC

how many languages can you read? and how many can you speak?...just curious :)

Re: hmmm cola_fan February 2 2006, 04:40:07 UTC

Just English and Portuguese. My Chinese is still poor, and my Spanish would need some work to be functional again.

How about you? Didn't you learn French in school?

Re: hmmm eyemjess February 2 2006, 04:49:17 UTC

yes I took French in Grade 9 in Illinois and in Grade 10 in Canada but because I was so far behind it was nearly impossible to keep up. I have learned much more just from Ken and his family.