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Who you calling dead? The old tongues are alive & bene to lots of us. Language is rooted in history & culture. Without roots, you're falling through time. But I don't think she considered it a good thing if you look at the definition? I suspect she thought it a pathology.

Suburb would definitely be a euphemism. A PR word used by some dodgy real estate agent conning a foreign buyer.

Glad I dropped it so. What is it with Cdrama scriptwriters? They seem to know nothing about screenplay Act III expectations & payoff!!!

Oh dear. Bad year? I was killed for choice. Though I found it hard to believe they belonged that far back lol. Try some beloved's year that isn't same as yours?

Well we're heading for gazillionaires, aren't we.

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The "suburb" of Ballymun.

You'll have to confirm with the person whose birth year it belongs to. The Merriam Webster being American does include a lot of slang. (I'm not a literary snob. Much.)

Time has always been dodgy, let's face it.

Had to look up limerance. Thanks for the new word. Couldn't figure out the etymology so went looking for that & it doesn't have any roots as it's a makey-up word by psychologist, Dorothy Tennov. Fair play to her for getting her word into the dictionary.

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Dante uses voi plural "you" as a formal courtesy to show respect to someone he considers a mentor & teacher while placing him in Hell amongst the sodomites. 🙄 Et tu, Brute? That you, Judas?

pieno fm Lat. plenus "full", here literary appagato & soddisfatto "satisfied", esaudito "fulfilled" & dimando ant. domanda nel senso di richiesta, preghiera, desiderio "request, prayer, desire/wish" (Trecanni Dantesca using this line as example); sareste is condizionale presente pl "you would be";

The hypocrisy of a master poet. 🙄 "Aren't you the one who placed me here, kid?" I hear Brunetto say. "Spare me the crocodile tears." Syntax: fosse - congiuntivo imperf following se "if" conditional clause, note use of English subjunctive "were" which seems to be going the way of the Dodo;

"Se fosse tutto pieno il mio dimando,"/rispuos' io lui, "voi non sareste ancora/de l'umana natura posto in bando; If my wish were wholly fulfilled, you would not be placed in banishment from human nature;

#EasternPalace Kdrama is only 8 & dropped all at once. Unless you object to horror/dark fantasy, it's a great watch. ML from #BrideofHabaek (2017) et al, not looking much older but filled out, as only back from 2 yr military duty in 2023.

Further in, #RoyalBetrothal is not same level as #StoryofYanxiPalace or #TheDouble though leads are doing their best to anchor it. Lots of melodrama & also overacting by villainous characters (minister's eyes & staff, bad girl's hyena laugh & every scene, gang evil) but still gripping.

Nah. I couldn't even get through ep 1 of #LegendofZangHai though I like the ML. Bored stiff. But in keeping with being December-born, I love series that start in winter like #PursuitofJade & that use snow to indicate romance & love.

I was always a night owl tbh.

Indian weddings seem to be a time when the young get dressed up in traditional clothing like sarees & men's outfits such as kurta sets which they don't usually wear in everyday life. Chinese trad wedding clothes are so much more beautiful than the West's. #Love020