AusderPampaNoch ein Foto von gestern. Rakotzbrücke mit der OM-1 fotografiert.
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Henk van der Eijk
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Art Historian, Garden History researcher, Gardener | Sometimes writes a few words on https://www.historicalgardensblog.com
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Frieda_MI’ve had this #allotment plot for five years now and I’m heading into my sixth growing season. As a sign of my commitment I’ve decided to take it to the next level and plant an asparagus bed. Started preparing it today. Also sowed some peas.
The Vulgar TongueCIRCUMBENDIBUS. A roundabout way, or story. He took such a circumbendibus; he took such a circuit.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons
Trevor Burrows"Not very far from here is a place where there are almost two dozen tall beech trees, and there's not one that doesn't have the name of Marcela carved and written on its smooth bark, and at the top of some there's a crown carved into the tree, as if the lover were saying even more clearly that Marcela wears and deserves the crown more than any other human beauty."
-- Don Quixote, Part I, Chapter XII
I wonder: what is our earliest literary reference to carving names of an inamorata into a tree?
Cornovia PostcardsCursalon, Wien, 1899 - Kosmos AK
https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/cursalon-wien-1899-kosmos-ak-243178254.htm
Andreas Freise
Knightshayes Court, Devon, 1905 - Valentine's Postcard
https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/knightshayes-court-devon-1905-valentine-s-postcard-223912887.htm
Sudelsurium
KhrysÀ 1 vote près, le Parlement européen bloque la surveillance de masse des GAFAM
Le Parlement européen a refusé ce 26 mars de prolonger la loi qui permettait à Meta, Google et Microsoft de scanner vos messages privés. Un seul vote a tout décidé. Le dispositif s'arrête le 3 avril, mais une loi permanente est toujours en négociation.
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Alerte vie privée : Meta, Google et Microsoft vont devoir arrêter de scanner vos messages dès le 3 avril
Le Parlement européen a refusé ce 26 mars de prolonger la loi qui permettait à Meta, Google et Microsoft de scanner vos messages privés. Un seul vote a tout décidé. Le dispositif s'arrête le 3 avril, mais une loi permanente est toujours en négociation.