I had a dabble with etymology myself earlier this week.
Meet Marina:
My name is Marina and I am a philologist (the study of linguistics and etymology). I love to discuss the origins of words.
This being the future, other people are also enjoying their fifteen minutes:
The prostitute at the centre of the scandal that brought down the governor of New York state, Eliot Spitzer, has become the most sought after person in the US, with camera crews camped outside her Manhattan apartment and her MySpace page inundated with traffic.
Ashley Youmans' website address was receiving about 1m page impressions an hour yesterday morning, and at midday it was taken down and rebooted to remove her personal account of her life and a recording of one of her songs. The deleted page carried the quotation: "What destroys me, strengthens me."
Nietzschean indeed.
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Thinking of "Client Number 9", my mind turns again to the first series of the West Wing:
Sam: It turns out I accidentally slept with a callgirl.
Toby: Accidentally? I don't understand. Did you trip over something?
Somewhere in Chappaqua, NY, former President Bill Clinton is still dumbfounded by the scandal, as Hillary had to explain to him that some men actually pay for sex...
Thanks Kali. What does the embedded BBC content from my post earlier today look like in the States? I imagine that you can't watch it and just wondered what weasel words they produce.
Usually I can link to everything, but the BBC content seems to be loading but not moving forward. To be fair, I am on a dial-up connection (that will change soon). I'll try to check it from the office and let you know.
Yeah, I got about 3 seconds of a fairy flying about and a hopping bunny, followed by a rude message that the video is not available in my area only in the UK. |b
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