Today's TRMS
On today's show David Bender, host of Politically Direct and Rachel's political guru, will be calling in from Netroots Nation in Austin, Texas to let us know what's happening at the left blog world's prom. And then Iraq expert Juan Cole stops by to talk about whether or not Bush has really agreed to a timetable for troop withdrawals in Iraq.
The Sayers/the Clemens
I own a copy of "Are Women Human"! As well as "Sayers on Holmes." You can get them from Amazon now. I've been rereading her novel "Gaudy Night" for... far too long.
Mark Twain, bless him, both tried to learn German and then wrote a wonderful, cathartic essay making fun of it.
Gretchen: Wilhelm, where is the turnip?
Wilhelm: She has gone to the kitchen.
Gretchen: Where is the accomplished and beautiful English maiden?
Wilhelm: It has gone to the opera.
"The Awful German Language," by Mark Twain
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/texts/twain.german.html
In re: switching to defining all German professional categorizations as neuter: great idea. It looks like instead they're heading down the path to greater complexity, and the FrauenLesbenBisexuellenInnen support this 100%. Blame Alice Schwarzer's dark side? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Schwarzer)
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By Buxtehude_BarbarossaJuly 21, 2008 - 8:58pm