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Passage 3: oculis moris?!
I picked this passage deliberately, not just because it's a gorgeous bit of writing, but because the clauses appear to be a right bitch. There's gonna be subordinates and subjunctives all over the shop. Nothing like a challenge, eh...It's also direct speech, and doesn't have too many names, and is shorter than Hurin.
Silmarillion
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Passage 2: Innumerae lacrimae
This is my favourite passage from the entire book, and it's a mighty piece of writing indeed. Everything sounds better in Latin - even my Latin - and this is just great.
I've been toying with a translation for years, but there's a lot of it and I have a low attention span. Expect plenty of mistakes here.
Silmarillion:
Last of all Húrin stood alone. ( Read more... ) -
Hail, Earendil!
I don't have my copy of the SiIlmarillion with me, so I'm going to be working with random passages I've dug up on the internet. Plus, isolated chunks are less intimidating than starting chapter one, page one, verse one: Creation of the Universe, like I did first time.
Silmarillion:
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Translating the Silmarillion into Latin
I've been working on this for years, but when I idly tapped the phrase into google, my three-year-old declaration of intent on 43things.com was the only entry ( Read more... ) -
Protect and survive!
"it is very likely that 400 of you will be injured in your cars tomorrow. You will be within 6 miles of home and you will be doing less than 30"
Well wasn't that a cheery factoid we all needed to know. Here's another one - "Old Fridges can kill!". Being a total nut for propaganda and public information films, I was overjoyed to discover this:
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Stereotypes must die!!!!!!!!!
Bear with me for a moment here. What would you think about a person if I told you her favorite poem was "The Raven", two of her favorite books were "Gormenghast" and "Interview with a Vampire", one of her favourite directors was Tim Burton, she enjoys wearing cloaks in public, doesn't like the summer or sunbathing and she owns an Evanescance CD ( Read more... ) -
I need to get this out of my system
Right, I was doing five minutes of vital science revision and I took a 163 minute break to rewatch the Godfather.
When Michael's bodyguards are talking about Apollonia, they say she could "tempt the devil himself".
As, indeed, she does. She winds up married to him.
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Prog Rockers Have More Fun!
Someone recently posted a list of the 100 rock keyboardists here ( Read more... ) -
Answers are a burden to oneself
OK, anyone without a deep fascination for the Prisoner look away NOW
Still looking?
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