Language Log: The further elaboration of a flagrant mistranslation
Quincy Lu sent in the following photograph of a menu taken by his wife at a Hunan restaurant in Fremont, California (click to embiggen): The menu looks innocent enough: five dishes all beginning with...
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Zits for 8/31/2013: The OED glosses earworm as "A catchy tune or piece of music (or occas. a word or phrase) which persistently stays in a person's mind, esp. to the point of irritation". I was...
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