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links for 2010-01-08: Two Gentlemen of Lebowski
Two Gentlemen of Lebowski The Big Lebowski retold in Shakespearean English, beautifully done. (tags: Shakespeare Lebowski humour film literature)
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Tagged Coen Brothers, film, humour, Lebowski, literature, Shakespeare
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Short shrift
Abruptly seized with an urge to discover the roots of the expression, “to give [something] short shrift”, I light upon the following, at The Maven’s Word of the Day: The English words shrift and shrive derive from an Old English … more…
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Tagged Aurgasm, Brighton, Catholicism, Dennis-Wheatley, Liverpool, Mavens-Word-of-the-Day, penance, Shakespeare, short-shrift, shrift, shrovetide, Sir-Walter-Scott, sushi
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