11/02/2006 – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

Porland

I thought “Porland” was just Spanish for “Portland”, as in cement, but it turns out that it’s a registered trademark in Turkey…

Ésadir.com

This must be good for something, but I haven’t yet discovered quite what. (Found it.)

Press excerpts for language learning

This is cool: BebaManno reads the Guardian, which means I don’t have to, and I get to learn Italian at the same time. (I see Italian as a kind of easy back door into Provençal.) BM’s previous post links to the Mandarin section of Corriere della Sera. I am not sure whether this is aimed…