Confederationese Word of the Day: duriana

Posted on 29 January 2012 by Wyatt

duriana, durian

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Confederationese Word of the Day: kumqvata

Posted on 28 January 2012 by Wyatt

kumqvata, kumquat

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Our Homeworld

Posted on 27 January 2012 by Wyatt

This beautiful image of Earth was recently taken by NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite. Just think: that’s our home. It’s also the only one we have!

Image Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring

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Rami!

Posted on 27 January 2012 by Wyatt

You complained that my New Year’s post was too short, so I’m making this one a bit longer. I don’t know how to say “happy birthday” in Spanish. In German it’s “alles gute zum Geburtstag!” I guess I could have looked it up, but then I wouldn’t have a reason to say it in German. Well, that’s not true. I could have said it in Spanish and German, but then I wouldn’t be able to write this longer post about how I don’t know how to say it in Spanish. You know what, I’m going to look it up anyway…

Okay, I’m back. This site says it’s “¡Feliz cumpleaños!” Is that right? That site also has happy birthday in a bunch of other languages: In Czech it’s “Všechno nejlepší k narozeninám!” Whew, I’m not even going to try to pronounce that. In Klingon it’s “qoSlIj DatIvjaj”. I think that’s easier to pronounce than the Czech one, haha. What is it in Confederationese? I don’t know. I haven’t gotten that far yet.

Well, there you go. I hope this post was long enough for you, you post length size queen! Happy birthday, Rami! ^_^

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Confederationese Word of the Day: mylimaŝajyda

Posted on 27 January 2012 by Wyatt

mylimaŝajyda, watermelon

Today’s word is a loan translation, or a calque. The word mylimaŝajyda is a compound of mylima, water, plus the adjective-forming suffix -ŝa, and jyda, melon.

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Confederationese Word of the Day: gloca

Posted on 26 January 2012 by Wyatt

gloca, lime

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Confederationese Word of the Day: ryci

Posted on 25 January 2012 by Wyatt

ryci, lemon

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When I Was Born…

Posted on 24 January 2012 by Wyatt
The Brezhnev and Honecker Kiss

The Brezhnev and Honecker Kiss

When I was born, Jimmy Carter was President of the United States, James Callaghan was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Leonid Brezhnev was General Secretary of the Soviet Union, Helmut Schmidt was Chancellor of West Germany, and Erich Honecker was Chairman of the Council of State of East Germany. That same year, Voyager I made its closest approach to Jupiter at 172,000 miles, Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister of the UK, and Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to visit Saturn.

Image Credit: Phil Whitehouse

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Confederationese Word of the Day: kiwi

Posted on 24 January 2012 by Wyatt

This one is easy.

kiwi, kiwi

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Confederationese Word of the Day: mangona

Posted on 23 January 2012 by Wyatt

This week I’m continuing last week’s fruit theme.

mangona, mango

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Confederationese Word of the Day: pomegrenata

Posted on 22 January 2012 by Wyatt

pomegrenata, pomegranate

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Confederationese Word of the Day: nivi

Posted on 21 January 2012 by Wyatt

nivi, grape

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