1. What I forgot to mention in my last Hobbit post is that the grammar is also weird. For example, in German "someone" is conjugatable, but the word is never conjugated in the book and it weirds me out. Also, apparently this 2003 edition is based on the 1956 edition's translation and the 2003 translator only looked through it the old translation ( Read more... )

I'm a bit further into the book now and amazed that things about the storyline are coming back to me (if I remember correctly, I've read this book only once and that was years ago). They're pretty vague memories, but still memories, because reading further shows them to be true ( Read more... )

Does 'cowardly' have a meaning that's kept hidden from me? Just heard it used wrongly again, in association with the Pakistani activist girl getting shot. How was this attack cowardly? You can call it malicious and whatnot, but stop using words that don't apply! Come on, it's just an empty insult! So you value bravery - cool story, bro, but what ( Read more... )

Started my reread of the Hobbit last night. I had completely forgotten that my copy is in German! Usually I like to read books in the original language (if it's one of the 2 languages I know). It felt so weird to read a book in German again! o_O ( Read more... )

quarryquest asked for a transcript of 2 German-dubbed scenes from The Reichenbach Fall (the last phone call and John's speech in the cemetery) and if John and Sherlock are saying things differently from the English version. Woo, if you know me, you know that I love that kind of stuff ( Read more... )

Earlier this month I posted this:

Ha, irrationality is a major beef I have with myself. I used to talk with my psychologist about how annoyingly conflicted I am. It's rational thoughts versus irrational feelings and no matter how hard I try, the feelings always have the upper hand. Of course we didn't get this issue resolved, but it was nice to ( Read more... )

D'oh, almost forgot to watch it! Tuned in 5 minutes late ( Read more... )

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So last Thursday I watched Sherlock 2x01. Episodes 2 and 3 will air on the 27th and 28th. The airdates look totally random, but while they are irregular, there is a theme behind them: The are all days off ( Read more... )

I love languages and if I could, I'd use grammar and punctuation correctly. *sigh ( Read more... )