Apr. 11th, 2007

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つりがねのやうな声して猫の恋
tsuri-gane no yôna koe shite neko no koe

with a voice
like a temple bell...
the lover cat


translated by David Lanoue

голосит
как церковный колокол ...
кот-любовник
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...the better-known nasal connotations of money, namely 'to pay through the nose', which telling phrase stems from the disconcerting habit of the Danes in Ireland, who in the ninths century slit the noses of those unable or unwilling to pay the Danish poll tax.
p. 39. A History of Money, by Glyn Davies. University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1994.


how about carrying a credit history on your face? :)
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And the Sharks win it in second overtime!!! 5:4! Go Sharks!
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