cool

veganwatson:

yeahwrite:

308press:

somewhatgreatexpectations:

naked-mahariel:

zeplerfer:

weeping-wandrian:

why the fuck does english have a word for

but not for “the day after tomorrow”

???

Because you’re not looking hard enough! ;)

Overmorrow = the day after tomorrow

Ereyesterday = the day before yesterday

Example: I defenestrated my brother ereyesterday. I shall defenestrate my sister overmorrow! Because I hate my family and also windows.

english has some of the best examples of stupidly specific words, tbh

Rhotacism (n): excessive use of the letter “R”

Lingible (adj): meant to be licked

Whipjack (n): a beggar, specifically one who is pretending to have been shipwrecked

Yerd (v): to beat with an object with a stick

Roddikin (n): the fourth stomach of a cow or a deer

Balbriggan (n): a type of fine cotton, most often used in underwear

and my personal favorite

Cornobble (v): to slap or beat another person with a fish

This makes the English nerd in me extremely happy.

“Defenestration” is one of my personal favorites, thanks to Eva Ibbotson.

These are so good! I always remember defenestration because “Fenster” is the German word for window.

overmorrow = übermorgen :-O

kazaikos:

You guys tired of books yet? If so, would you mind one more because I promise it’s uber special…

So Gakken, A Japanese publishing company specializing in books for learning just recently in September released this book ^ titled: Star Wars English-Japanese Dictionary for Jedi Knights Edition. And it’s a sequel book too another book for “Padawan Learners” which focuses on Episode IV-VI. But this one for “Jedi Knights” is entirely prequel-centric.

Inside the book it’s stuffed with goodies. For an A/P fangirl I’m going crazy because I’ve counted at least seven potential illustrations from just what I could see, and a sticker set with an adorable A/P image. When I can afford this book I’m ordering it a.s.a.p and will then scan every cute thing inside and post them. For now, you can enjoy the sneek peeks of what I could gather on the net. Also, you might be interested in the artist, Gurihiru, his portfolio includes doing a number of books for the Avatar series. I found him by accident searching the book on google, lucky me!

Japanese Title: 

スター・ウォーズ英和辞典『ジェダイナイト編』

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prostheticknowledge:

This Book Is A Camera

Smart product developed by Kelli Anderson is a pop-up book featuring a functional folding cardboard pinhole camera:

This is a working camera within a pop-up book.

It concisely explains—and actively demonstrates—how a
structure as humble as a folded piece of paper can tap into the
intrinsic properties of light to produce a photograph.

The book includes:
              

             – a piece of paper folded into a working 4×5″ camera
             – a lightproof bag
             – 5 sheets of photo-paper “film”
             – development instructions (from complete DIY to “outsource it”)
             – a fancy foil-stamped cover that will look good on your shelf!
             – a satisfying demonstration of the connection between design & science / structures & functions

$29

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