My hovercraft is full of eels

05Mar11

I recently learned a bit of Welsh. The list of Useful Welsh Phrases was very helpful indeed—until I got to the last sentence. On what planet would a traveler need to say, “My hovercraft is full of eels”? (“Mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn llyswennod.”)

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The violence of the bizarre

19Feb11

I’ve been trying to figure out a way to move to Paris, if only for a year or two. Alas, their unemployment is high, the immigration laws are getting tighter by the day, and they have protectionist hiring practices that favor French citizens (which I completely understand). But I think I may have happened upon […]

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Tags: France, French, humor, Johnny Depp, Paris, postaday2011, translation, Travel, writing