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On the blower

⇒ Telephone English ⇐

∴ Telephone Language

∴ Phoning a company: ⇒[01] ⇔ [02] ⇐

∴ Leaving a Message on an Answering Machine⇐

∴ Saying telephone numbers ⇐

∴ Spelling addresses ⇐

Φ Quizzes … ⇒[01] ⇔ [02] ⇔ [03] ⇐

marzo 8th, 2015 | Tags: , | Category: FunctionaLang | Leave a comment

LIFE and how to survive it

¤  Robin Skynner & John Cleese:   LIFE and how to survive it    [1993]

The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing  – [excerpts]

Robin: …I like the idea of a Greek psychologist called Charis Katakis. She’s taken a word we’re familiar with –‘myth’– and given it a wider meaning. […]

Inside of a dog

¤  Alexandra Horowitz:   ‘Inside of a dog’  ⇓

In Inside of a Dog (What Dogs See, Smell and Know), Alexandra Horowitz evokes the dog’s perspective by interweaving the science of dog cognition and perception with personal reflections on her own dog’s behavior. Ranging from what it might be like to […]

Brian Eno

Oracle

Here’s an extract from Brian Eno‘s explanation of this random collection of maxims or aphorisms aimed at helping artists approach their work.

⇐ «These cards evolved from our separate working procedures. It was one of the many cases during the friendship that he [Peter […]