Speaking of Russian poems could you be kind enough to teach me the name of the poet and the rest of the poem with the line

ti dumayesh ya iz garyesti tak priyama golobu derzhu;
ya, ne ist garyesti, ist gordosti tak priyama golobu derzhu.

or something like that -- i knew the whole thing about 30 years ago before giving up russian for japanese -- also, isit well known?

To commemorate the end of National Poetry Month, blog about your favorite poem and provide at least one link to other poems and/or a bio of the poet.

Es gibt jedoch auch den umgekehrten Prozess, dass deutsche Wörter in fremde Sprachen übernommen und dort allmählich angeglichen werden, wie z. B. im Englischen bratwurst, ersatz, fräulein, gemütlichkeit, gneis, kaffeeklatsch, kindergarten, kitsch, leberwurst, leitmotiv, ostpolitik, sauerkraut, schwärmerei, schweinehund, weltanschauung, weltschmerz, wunderkind, zeitgeist, zink.

(There is also the reverse process, where German words are borrowed and gradually assimilated by a foreign language, as in the English bratwurst, ersatz, fräulein, gemütlichkeit, gneis, kaffeeklatsch, kindergarten, kitsch, leberwurst, leitmotiv, ostpolitik, sauerkraut, schwärmerei, schweinehund, weltanschauung, weltschmerz, wunderkind, zeitgeist, zink.)

We cut nature up, organize it into concepts, and ascribe significances as we do largely because we are parties to an agreement to organize it in this way -- an agreement that holds throughout our speech community and is codified in the patterns of our language. The agreement is, of course, an implicit and unstated one, but its terms are absolutely obligatory; we cannot talk at all except by subscribing to the organisation and classification of data which the agreement decrees.

[i]n any case, Kay notes, the degree to which the perceived world is man-made seems to explain the variation in the number of color words. Hunter-gatherers need fewer color words because color data rarely provide much crucially distinguishing information about a natural object or scene. Industrial societies get a bigger informational payoff from color words.

... replacing present-tense tread with trod ... is the only example I can think of where a new non-past form has been based on an irregular past-tense form (though there probably are others that aren't occurring to me right now).

Harry's London is pleased to celebrate the 75th annual Academy Awards(R) by shodding several of Hollywood's leading men for the event's red carpet, as well as for the parties that surround this very special event.

My father figured that fixing feet would be better than shodding them, so like the kid who becomes a doctor to go one step further than his pharmacist father, the old man graduated from the Ohio College of Chiropody.

Although it's still early, the Clarkes have been up for several hours trimming the constantly-growing feet that horses are equipped with and shodding them for extra protection and better traction.

This work is suitable as an introductory course or for those interested in re-acquainting themselves with the language of childhood and grandparents. The book assumes no prior knowledge on the reader's part. Starting from the most basic vocabulary and constructions, the reader is guided step-by-step through Scots vocabulary and the subtleties of grammar and idiom that distinguish Scots from English. An accompanying audio recording conveys the authentic pronunciation, especially important to readers from outside Scotland. The course is based on General Scots with a slight emphasis on the North-East and contains an introduction, 25 graded lessons, an English-to-Scots vocabulary list, and appendices with verb tables and similar material. Each lesson itself contains dialogues, vocabulary, grammatical explanations, exercises, and - most importantly - a section giving background information about life in Scotland, for the reader to understand the material in its cultural context.

Cervantes and Shakespeare, who died almost simultaneously, are the central western authors, at least since Dante, and no writer since has matched them, not Tolstoy or Goethe, Dickens, Proust, Joyce.

First prize for devilish translating goes to "wet T-shirt contest" (certamen inter mammosas tunicis madefactis vestitas), closely followed by "sushi bar" (taberna Iaponica pulpamentorum incoctorum marinorum). The finest-resonance award goes to crapulentus sum ("I'm wasted!"). But since Latin is for lovers, special mention should go to a highly topical chat-up line containing the much-maligned future perfect: Nisi mecum concubueris, phobistae vicerint, "If you won't sleep with me, the terrorists will have won."

Most adult Apaches in the audiences have said they could understand every word of the Chiricahua dialect --and the children suddenly wished they could, too.

That's what Mescalero councilman Berle Kanseah and Chiricahua linguist Elbys Hugar intended as technical advisers for the Ron Howard film, a tough tale of 19th century frontier life starring Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett that has been in theaters for about three weeks.

Eurotrash orig. and chiefly U.S. (depreciative), rich, European socialites collectively, esp. those living or working in the U.S.; cf. TRASH n.1 4.

1983 People (Nexis) 31 Jan. 72 ‘We are *Eurotrash,’ he [sc. Couturier] says of some of his acquaintances. ‘We are obnoxious. We are spoiled. We are brats... But... we can also work a lot.’

1990 Los Angeles May 8/1 A haven of jet-setting privilege, beloved of American industrialists and Eurotrash alike, Santa Barbara has become the most chic, most sophisticated small city in the United States.

2003 Spectator 18 Jan. 34/3 Gilver Memmer is now a middle-aged wreck, his sparkling youth as a precocious painter and sartorial icon obliterated by drink, women and general Eurotrash excess.

In Xhosa, numbers are prefixed according to the noun the refer to, and the numbers are very tedious for anything above 100. Therefore amounts and digit strings are read in English, as English numerals make more sense when the numbers don't refer to anything (digitstrings) or are too big.