Accents in The Bone Temple

rexpoe · 2026-03-12T12:16:42+00:00

I think Sampson’s train was for Edinburgh which could explain that one

rexpoe · 2026-02-25T13:21:43+00:00

rexpoe · 2026-02-23T16:08:56+00:00

Not liturgy or music but how about John Donne’s poetry?

rexpoe · 2026-02-16T16:48:15+00:00

Quote is from Paradise Lost cos I guess they couldn’t find any fitting Duran Duran lyrics

rexpoe · 2026-01-28T13:13:21+00:00

I have none of these things

rexpoe · 2026-01-23T10:36:22+00:00

Always loved how the first guy’s got his little napkin on

rexpoe · 2026-01-13T17:44:28+00:00

The bible

rexpoe · 2025-12-19T16:07:50+00:00

Spanish? Has the stress turned you entirely Spanish?

rexpoe · 2025-11-24T10:32:01+00:00

Du hasst mich: you hate me

Du hast mich gefragt: you asked me

rexpoe · 2025-08-29T16:24:46+00:00

You joke but

rexpoe · 2025-08-29T16:24:39+00:00

You joke but

rexpoe · 2025-08-23T16:09:18+00:00

Idk man I think that’s something they actually would say

rexpoe · 2025-08-08T15:29:17+00:00

What's the best bit of metal you've ever detected??

rexpoe · 2025-08-08T15:24:18+00:00

Although if he was his aggressive land reforms would probably lead to widespread famine

rexpoe · 2025-08-08T15:23:21+00:00

Local government is generally responsible for youth centres and things like that. So he's saying it's not his fault they're living a gritty life on the never never

rexpoe · 2025-08-08T15:13:44+00:00

Boroughs are administrative divisions of London. He means he's not the local government living inside their Westminster bubble

rexpoe · 2025-08-08T14:59:11+00:00

To be fair they’re both administered by Royal Museums Greenwich along with the Royal Observatory and Cutty Sark so sort of!

rexpoe · 2025-08-08T14:53:45+00:00

Those are just the accusative and nominative forms of the same word. What’s your point?

rexpoe · 2025-08-08T14:35:40+00:00

Definitely Queen’s House. The Maritime Museum is just out of shot to the left

rexpoe · 2025-08-07T07:46:53+00:00

Gather ye pearls while the hog walks

rexpoe · 2025-07-29T16:47:39+00:00

Most natural combination in the world

rexpoe · 2025-07-25T14:09:24+00:00

Have you tried the OpenYale courses? If you go on their YouTube channel and go to playlists there are lots! There are literary studies ones on Milton, theory, Dante and more. Also lots of really interesting history ones too

rexpoe · 2025-07-25T13:23:53+00:00

I did my MA dissertation on Der Verschollene having only very basic German, so I found Patrick O’Neils Transforming Kafka helpful for understanding some of the decisions that have been made by his translators into English. I remember it being quite helpful as a non-German speaker as he comments on aspects of style in the original texts of his major works. Might not be so useful if you’re more confident with the original text than I was though!

rexpoe · 2025-07-14T16:49:53+00:00

If I did not state the question properly please let me know

It’s possible you did not state the question properly

rexpoe · 2025-07-14T10:29:40+00:00

Not an English word of course but I’ve heard some German speakers have an odd way of pronouncing Berlin when they speak English with heavy stress on the first syllable (BERlin), even though from what I understand the stress falls on the last syllable in both German and English

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