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November 1st, 2007

packbat: A bat wearing a big asexual-flag (black-gray-white-purple) backpack. (wtfcu)
Thursday, November 1st, 2007 06:41 am
I just woke up from a dream starring PeeJee and Davan as the B and K vectors of a SISO full state feedback control system.
packbat: A bat wearing a big asexual-flag (black-gray-white-purple) backpack. (twisty little passages)
Thursday, November 1st, 2007 10:59 am
Shock of the day - the A.Word.A.Day people actually got a winner today:

macaronic (mak-ah-RON-ik) adjective

Involving a mixture of languages.

[From Latin macaronicus, from Italian dialect maccarone (macaroni), probably alluding to the jumble of macaroni and sauce on a plate.]

[...]

-Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)

"Speaking not in the gleefully macaronic English that has made for such good, clownish copy in the past, but in his native Italian, he sounded serious and reflective as he answered questions about his age, his health, and his dwindling plans for the future." Justin Davidson; Pavarotti Winds Down; Newsday (New York); Mar 11, 1998.


Of course, that said, I cannot help but think: isn't "macaronic English" a bit of a redundancy? ;)
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