old ponda frog jumps intothe sound of waterfuru ike yakawazu tobikomumizu no oto~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold
Month: April 2018
Legit Technobabble
If the writers on Star Trek never used this term, they darn well should have. The definition is straight out of the nonsense technobabble for which the show was known; all it needs is a reference to a Jeffries tube.Aharonov-Bohm, n.Physics. attrib. Designating an effect whereby charged particles travelling round a region containing magnetic flux … Continue reading Legit Technobabble
Many and Varied Uses
Such a range of meaning for so small a word.ah, int.An exclamation expressing, according to the intonation, various emotions, as1. Sorrow, lamentation, regret, passing into the regretful expression of a vain wish. (Actual pain or suffering is now more commonly expressed by O! Oh! North. dial. have a (eː) in both senses.)2. Surprise, wonder, admiration.In … Continue reading Many and Varied Uses
Words and Things
A long time ago (10+ years, I think), I ran a blog for a while that chronicled my reading through the Oxford English Dictionary. It's long gone (and now the URL is taken over by a different website), but I integrated the posts I made there to this blog's history. If anyone cared you can … Continue reading Words and Things
Weekly Basho Haiku #17
a hangoveris nothing as long asthere are cherry blossomsfutsuka eimonokawa hana noaru aida~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold
Weekly Basho Haiku #16
ah spring springhow great is spring!and so onah haru haruoinaru kana haruto un nun~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold
Weekly Basho Haiku #15
first blossomsseeing them extends my lifeseventy-five more yearshatsu hana niinochi shichi jugo nen hodo~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold
Weekly Basho Haiku #14
leave asideliterary talentstree peonyfugetsu nozai mo hanareyofukami-gusa~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold
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