Omit Needless Words?
Somebody wrote please RSVP to me the other day, and it occurred to me that…
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Pontificating on a Mountain Pass
Today we found ourselves in the Pontic Mountains—the ones above the Black Sea, which the…
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Sword-Sword and Axe-Axe
There is an effect familiar to everyone: take an interest in some subject, and it…
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How Turkish Rearranges the Mind
When you begin learning Turkish, there is one thing to get straight at the outset:…
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Pale Fire
Are you quite sure you know what colour blue is? I was quite sure myself—until…
