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Apparently, using euphemisms such as 'blue hellsite' and suchlike for websites/brands/people etc is now called Voldemorting.
Now, my mind immediately jumped from this kind of periphrasing of names to Old Norse kennings. That's an interesting comparison, but unfortunately I'm not enough of a linguist to delve deeper into this - anyone have any thoughts on this?
A ton of historical cookbooks, arranged by year. Note: apparently some of them are racist.
I've been listening to linguistics podcasts while sewing; specifically, en clair and Lingthusiasm. They're great.
As an aside, job search related news: I didn't get the job I interviewed for. Oh well, saves me from having to decide whether or not I'm willing to do night shifts.
Now, my mind immediately jumped from this kind of periphrasing of names to Old Norse kennings. That's an interesting comparison, but unfortunately I'm not enough of a linguist to delve deeper into this - anyone have any thoughts on this?
A ton of historical cookbooks, arranged by year. Note: apparently some of them are racist.
I've been listening to linguistics podcasts while sewing; specifically, en clair and Lingthusiasm. They're great.
As an aside, job search related news: I didn't get the job I interviewed for. Oh well, saves me from having to decide whether or not I'm willing to do night shifts.
