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the uvular fricative is written Z in English

My housemate was talking to a physician this morning (didn’t say why) and mentioned my snoring. The physician imitated the sound of sleep apnea, and it sounded (I’m told) exactly like a noise that I make. She suggested I have … Continue reading

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they cut off his big blond locks, I’m told

I noticed something odd about my passport: it is dated June 1998, but the photograph must have been taken before April. (My hair was cut in September 1989, November 1994, April 1998 – when I stopped parting it – and … Continue reading

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you can fool some of the people some of the time

and I’ve fooled Bill Quick into calling me “well informed”. Tomorrow de vorld!

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activities

One of my friends is thinking of organizing an ‘activities day’ for our circle, and invites me to run a workshop relating to my most visible hobby, mathematical beauty. Okay, I said, but what would we do?

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