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I know what I want for my birthday now.

After the success of last year’s “bake your thesis” morning tea, this year’s theme was “bake a language” - once again raising funds for the Cancer Council.

It was a reminder of just how creative so many of my colleagues are (and also that they’re pretty good cooks!). My contribution was the apple P.I.E. - which like many of the other offerings was a baking pun. Proto-Indo-European is the best reconstruction of the ancestor language of many modern European languages all the way over to languages like Nepali and Hindi.

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Eight Rainbows! WOW Lehigh Valley, PA [960 x 960]

tumblr: on languages

[british sigh]

I bought my friend an elephant for their room.

They said “Thank you.”

I said “Don’t mention it.”

What was that supposed to mean in Dutch? O-O If you want some help translating something I'm willing to help. But seriously, what was it supposed to be?

You know Dutch?

I was trying to say that on Thursday afternoon the thought of blankets wore a seasoning. Made the sentence more for the sound than for any logical meaning.

A black ribbon is a symbol of remembrance and mourning. Used also as a political statement. And in this case, a Black ribbon to also represent racial hate crime. Reblog this Ribbon,  Let the symbol of our hearts show to Michael Brown in this case, and also for all those affected by the same. Never forget.

(The Ribbon is transparent)