http://sueldospublicos.com, and all without counting embezzlement. The growing list of (small town) mayors who earn more than Rajoy is a delight and an education – how else would you discover Elda (€89K/55K inhabitants)?
Sequel: The Hollande et al > Telegraph “scoop” ran well in the British and Spanish press, but doesn’t figure in Germany, whose press is not notorious for trying to save Merkel’s political bacon. I’ve long believed that the Telegraph publishes particular Euro finance stories on the basis of particular writers’ investment portfolios, but there’s a…
In the hour before Holland woke up I rewrote booze base access using Zend Framework – Ajax and other Greek words are apparently about to go out of fashion, and I’d been wondering idly for a while about using Zend and Google Spreadsheets for a simple CRM system for the local barber’s. Stuff: I don’t…
The Daily Mail and Tesco and various translation pundits just booked themselves into the nether stretches of the intestines of linguistic hell. From the Mule: I’m not hungry, thanks! Tesco brands Finest spaghetti bolognese ‘the balls of grandad’ Packaging features signs from an Italian market advertising ‘Le Palle de Nonno’ and ‘Coglioni di Mulo’ They…
“Before [1898], without a doubt, it was quixotic country, which thought of itself differently from what it really was,” Baroja wrote in 1927. “Before, in the period of adventures, Spain was led by Don Quixote. From now on, it would be directed by Sancho Panza.” (Via learned.english.dog, source?)
