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A slice of true Americana
I always wondered why diners were mostly run by Greeks.
Me too. (And they still are in B-more.) So I asked a friend who is Greek-Baltimorean and she didn't know either. Apparently, the New York Times does.
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at 2:18 PM on March 28, 2008
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Ice ice baby
This footage of an iceberg rolling over is amazing
Wow! Now I understand why they tell you to keep your kayak at least as far away as the berg is tall. I didn't think they'd roll over that violently.
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at 8:46 PM on March 20, 2008
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A crash course in the haute couture.
I saw the retrospective at the Met. I'm not into couture at all, but I was fascinated. I had always assumed that women like Nan Kempner found a designer they liked and stuck with that designer (like Jackie Kennedy and Oleg Cassini). While she certainly had a fondness for Yves St Laurent, Kempner bought from a wide variety of designers. More photos courtesy of Coquette.
The exhibition is in San Francisco through November 11.... [more]
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at 8:18 PM on August 5, 2007
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The Last Link is a Reward for Getting Through the First Link
The Icelandic alphabet ends X, Y, Z, Þ, Æ, Ö.
Z? You ain't got no stinkin' Z. That archaic thing was abolished years ago. (Though, it does appear now and again.)
What I've never been able to understand is why is ð the 5th letter in the alphabet when nothing can start with it. Shouldn't it be at the end?
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at 7:24 AM on June 22, 2007
Kattullus: Thanks for the explaining the z-rule. I learned my Icelandic by immersion and am very vague on the nuances of grammar. Interesting the z is making a resurgence. Is there a reason Morgunblaðið is using it in the editorials?
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at 7:01 PM on June 22, 2007
I was an exchange student for my junior year of high school and I've never been back. No good reason--except maybe the heartbreak of having to leave again; I would have gladly stayed forever.
It's got to be a bit odd to have the old spellings on only the editorial page rather than throughout the paper. Then again, IME, quirkiness and Icelanders go hand in hand.
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at 2:26 PM on June 23, 2007
Sheesh. I'm not sure how to put it into words. I loved the landscape, the culture, and the people. I felt comfortable and inspired in a way I haven't experienced anywhere else I've lived or visited in the 20 years since. For me it was a wonderful combination of past and present, nature and artifice, intellectualism and whimsy.
All of which isn't to say that Iceland is perfect: xenophobia is a real problem, IMO. I always perceived the distrust and dislike as being... [more]
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at 12:05 AM on June 24, 2007
