Low German – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

Organ-grinding tweets for December

Xmas &c.

If any would not work neither should he eat: Walthamstow workhouse.

The Singing Organ-Grinder’s tweets for October

More rubbish.

Organ-grinder in courtyard - Bruno Schulz illustration to his story Księga, The Book, 1937.

The Singing Organ-Grinder’s tweets for September

A rubbish heap in which a Ukrainian nuclear fireman finds romance with Willie Nelson.

The Singing Organ Grinder’s tweet archive for February 2018

Another abundance of redundance. Featuring Russian, German and Italian puppetry, organ-grinding, and other nonsense.

A Dutch Polichinel on a buffalo in 1856 (2018-02-01 18:10).

Elections (brothels, Nazis), corruption, Girona airport shuttle, an Andalusian lexicon

Link love for 05/06/2009.

End of an affair?

Catalan Europhilia seems to be decreasing as contact with European institutions increases.

Dit soort teken kom je vaak in plattelandse kerken tegen ipv ramen. Ik moet altijd aan Twentse geveltekens en stiepeltekens denken, al heb ik volgens mij deze typische Catalaanse vorm nooit in Nedersaksen gezien. Zit er iets achter, of ben ik een samenzweringskundige aan het worden?

Germanic monkey puzzles

Some of the recent obituaries of super-poet Willem Wilmink (1936-2003) managed to avoid mentioning his writings in Twents, despite the fact that this part of his work – he also translated, wrote and rewrote extensively in Dutch – enjoyed a large following in Twente. Let’s start by locating the two languages. Linguists classify Dutch and…

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