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> Winston Churchill would be represented by hanzi that would be transliterated Wensuteng Chuerqilu. reminds me of one of my favorite throw-away gags in George
by Eric_WVGG 2y ago
> Winston Churchill would be represented by hanzi that would be transliterated Wensuteng Chuerqilu.
reminds me of one of my favorite throw-away gags in George Alec Effinger’s A Fire in the Sun, a cyberpunk novel set in future Arabia, a character quotes “the great English shahrir, Wilyam al-Shaykh Sābir”
- bad_username 2y agoReminds me of Antonio Stella Bottom Tile ( https://youtu.be/adkWiJA9xR0 https://youtu.be/adkWiJA9xR0 )
- dllthomas 2y ago... and the bard Elron Hu, from a PKD story.
- resolutebat 2y agoA luminary icon much like Frank Zappa's Sheikh Yerbouti.
- justsomehnguy 2y agoJust yesterday I found out why there was a fine German gentleman in Stunts/4D Sports Driving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmP0uAxz8Dc&t=59s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmP0uAxz8Dc&t=59s