Category Archives: Languages

Other Clannad Themes

Posted on 2011-11-12 by

Earlier today I was sharing some of my love for the music that makes Clannad stand out. I shared the closing theme to the High School arc in that post. Here, I thought I might direct the interested to the … Continue reading →

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Clannad

Posted on 2011-11-12 by

NOTE: I’m going to try to keep this to non-spoiler material, with links for those who are interested in the background and unlikely to watch on their own. Last night, I finished the anime series Clannad (including After Story). And … Continue reading →

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Gender-Bending in John

Posted on 2011-04-22 by

I was reading the Bible on my cellphone the other day, and noticed that YouVersion had other languages beyond English! Well, since I’ve been spending my time in French, I thought I’d browse within the Nouvelle Edition de Genève (NEG79), … Continue reading →

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WOTD, муж

Posted on 2011-03-28 by

The word of the day is… муж Russian, 1. husband 2. man masculine animate noun As “husband”, it has different endings in the plural than it does as “man”- namely -ья/-ей/-ьям and -и/-ей/-ам, respectively. This is also found in some … Continue reading →

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45 Days of French – Day 45

Posted on 2011-03-18 by

Well, we are finally here, at Day 45 of the series. We’ve gone through Alpha Teach Yourself French in 24 Hours (ATYF) and Essential French (EF) in their entirety. In the interim, I also spent some time browsing a short … Continue reading →

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