tiaa

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   by tiaa 6y ago

   This story hit me hard. I read his book today, its a deeply emotional and worthwhile story. Some stray phrases in the book led me to search some details of South African history that I didn't have a strong grasp on. Somehow the various
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   by tiaa 6y ago

   Its definitely possible to abuse good (or neutral) language features to produce intentionally obfuscated or unclear sentences. The etymology of the word 'weird' here is interesting. I think its rootest-of-roots was actually a verb
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   by tiaa 6y ago

   (Stomping off now to be pissed off at the odious use of “*wert-” as an adjective)
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   by tiaa 6y ago

   I think the ability to arbitrarily verbify a noun is a powerful and desirable language feature.