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BBC NEWS | Magazine | Why is Menzies pronounced Mingis?
A lively young damsel named Menzies Inquired: "Do you know what this thenzies?" Her aunt, with a gasp, Replied: "It's a wasp, And you're holding the end where the stenzies.
english  etymology  language  linguistics  pronunciation  typography  menzies 
january 2006 by mottram
Lingua::Romana::Perligata -- Perl for the XXIimum Century
"This paper describes a Perl module that makes it possible to write Perl programs in Latin." Fucking brilliant.
perl  programming  latin  language  linguistics  amazing 
august 2005 by mottram

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