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At the cafe the rainy day after Halloween of 2021, Hans the Netherlander mentioned to me that Italian food was "acquired taste" for him. He mentioned the method of tenderizing octopus and the way the ink complimented the dish. I mentioned the black squid ink spaghetti. I said that I liked all seafood, including octopus, squid, and cuttlefish, which made him squirm. Then, I mentioned that I liked moussaka, a Greek lasagna-type dish with eggplants. Hans said that as a Netherlander, he liked "plain meat and potatoes." But Netherlanders do eat raw herring.

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喺2021年萬聖節之後嘅雨天，喺咖啡館，荷蘭人漢斯同我提到意大利食物對佢嚟講係「後天嘅味道」。佢提到八爪魚嫩化嘅方法同埋墨水襯托出菜式嘅方式。我提過黑墨魚嘅墨意粉。我話我鍾意所有海鮮，包括八爪魚、魷魚、墨魚，令佢抽搐。然後，我提到我鍾意 moussaka ，一種希臘拉薩尼亞型嘅菜式，有茄子。漢斯話作為一個荷蘭人，佢鍾意「普通肉同薯仔」。但係荷蘭人確實食生鱸魚。

Have you heard of the great Forest of Burzee? Nurse used to sing of it when I was a child. She sang of the big tree-trunks, standing close together, with their roots intertwining below the earth and their branches intertwining above it; of their rough coating of bark and queer, gnarled limbs; of the bushy foliage that roofed the entire forest, save where the sunbeams found a path through which to touch the ground in little spots and to cast weird and curious shadows over the mosses, the lichens and the drifts of dried leaves.

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你有冇聽過偉大嘅布齊森林？我細個嗰陣護士成日唱呢首歌。佢唱嘅係大樹幹，企得好近，佢哋嘅根喺地下面交織，枝條喺地上面交織；佢哋嘅粗糙嘅樹皮同奇怪嘅粗糙四肢；除咗遮住成個森林嘅茂密樹葉，除咗陽光喺嗰度搵到一條路，可以喺小地方接觸地面，同埋喺青苔、地衣同乾葉嘅漂移上面投下奇怪同好奇嘅陰影之外。

The idea of travelling through the universe astrally has intrigued me, as well as others, for some time. The Cluster series of novels by Piers Anthony and Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon are examples of astral travelling. Do Tibetan monks travel astrally? At least for a decade or more, I have been pondering about the fragility of the human body for deep space travel. Would transhumanism at least be necessary, the technological augmentation of the human body and mind? Or, would wholly mechanical entities with artificial general intelligence, or even uploaded human minds, do the job?

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太空旅行嘅想法令我同其他人都好興奮，一段時間嚟，皮爾斯 · 安東尼嘅《叢集》系列小說同奧拉夫 · 斯泰普爾頓嘅《造星者》都係星體旅行嘅例子，至少十年或以上，我一直喺度思考人類身體嘅脆弱性，同埋人類嘅心靈係咪至少係跨人類主義嘅技術呢？或者，有人工智能嘅全機械實體，甚至係噏撈咗人類頭腦，會唔會做到呢份工？

Robert was a bearded, black-haired Jewish manager in the Japanese software company. He introduced me into the company. He teased me about liking to eat colourful ice cream parfaits there in Tokyo. We together liked to hike the eerie, but fascinating alleyways there. Unfortunately, he cut his job term short because he had to go back to Washington State to marry his Chinese girlfriend. I attended his wedding in Seattle. I was a bit late because I mis-estimated the time to get there driving from the BC border. Robert bought a brand-new house.

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羅伯特係日本軟件公司嘅一個鬍鬚黑髮嘅猶太經理。佢介紹我入公司。佢鬧我鍾意喺東京嗰度食五顏六色嘅雪糕芭菲。我哋一齊鍾意行嗰度嘅怪異，但係又迷人嘅巷道。可惜佢因為要返華盛頓州同佢嘅中國女友結婚而縮短咗佢嘅工作期。我喺西雅圖參加咗佢嘅婚禮。我有啲遲咗，因為我估錯咗由 BC 邊境開車去到嗰度嘅時間。羅伯特買咗間全新嘅屋。

When there was room on the ledge outside of the pots and boxes for a cat, the cat was there — in sunny weather — stretched at full length, asleep and blissful, with her furry belly to the sun and a paw curved over her nose. Then that house was complete, and its contentment and peace were made manifest to the world by this symbol, whose testimony is infallible. A home without a cat—and a well-fed, well-petted, and properly revered cat—may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?

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當盆同盒外面嘅欄杆上有位放貓嘅時候，貓就喺度 —— 喺晴朗嘅天氣下 —— 全身伸展，瞓住同幸福，佢毛茸茸嘅肚腩向住太陽，一隻爪彎喺佢個鼻上面，然後嗰間屋就完成咗，而佢嘅滿足同和平就由呢個象徵向世人展示，佢嘅見證係無可厚非嘅，而且係一個冇貓嘅家可能係一個完美嘅屋企，但係點樣可以證明呢個稱號？

In the Near East, my linguistic interests comprise Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, and Farsi. I remember a curious cookbook in the then underdeveloped ground floor of my house in the 1970s. It had drawings of ancient ziggurats, jars, food, and other artefacts, which captured my interest in the Near East. As a teenager, I casually tried to learn Arabic, from borrowed books from Lulu Island's central library. By the age of 25, almost 26, I enjoyed an adventurous December in beautiful Egypt. Seeing the Great Pyramids was a goal, which I achieved early in life.

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喺近東，我嘅語言興趣包括阿拉伯文、希伯來文、土耳其文同法爾西文，我記得喺1970年代，我屋企當時未發達嘅地下有一本好奇嘅烹飪書，入面有古代嘅吉古拉、罐、食物同其他文物嘅圖畫，令我對近東有興趣。仲係青少年嗰陣，我隨便噉喺露露島嘅中央圖書館借咗啲書嚟學阿拉伯文，到咗25歲，差唔多26歲，我喺美麗嘅埃及享受咗一個冒險嘅十二月，見到大金字塔係我嘅目標，我喺生命嘅早期就達到咗呢個目標。

Since the tragic upshot of our visit to Devonshire he had been engaged in two affairs of the utmost importance, in the first of which he had exposed the atrocious conduct of Colonel Upwood in connection with the famous card scandal of the Nonpareil Club, while in the second he had defended the unfortunate Mme. Montpensier from the charge of murder which hung over her in connection with the death of her step-daughter, Mlle. Carére, the young lady who, as it will be remembered, was found six months later alive and married in New York.

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自從我哋去德文郡嘅悲劇結果之後，佢就搞咗兩件最重要嘅事務，其中第一件事係佢揭露咗阿普伍德上校喺無與倫比俱樂部嘅著名牌醜聞中嘅殘忍行為，而第二件事就係佢為不幸嘅女士辯護。蒙潘西埃因為同佢繼女 Mlle 嘅死亡有關嘅殺人罪名而掛喺佢身上。卡雷，呢位年輕嘅女士，正如我哋會記得嘅，佢喺半年後被發現仲再生，並喺紐約結埋婚。

The nature of the Germanic-Mediterranean dichotomy of English vocabulary seems still a novelty for many people, including my neighbours, the Wongs, who are multiracial from Fiji, once a British colony. The more educated an Anglophone is, the more acrolectal Mediterranean is the vocabulary. The less educated an Anglophone is, the more basilectal Germanic is the vocabulary. The late inventor, Buckminster Fuller, was very experimental in his English writing, as he concocted new-fangled words from Mediterranean and Germanic roots. He thought that using words only found in the dictionary was like living in a prison.

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英文詞彙嘅德語同地中海二分法嘅性質似乎對好多人嚟講仍然係一個新奇嘅事，包括我嘅鄰居，黃人，佢哋係來自斐濟嘅多種族，曾經係英國殖民地。巴克明斯特 · 富勒，喺佢嘅英文寫作上非常有實驗性，因為佢用地中海同日耳曼語嘅根源炮製出新嘅詞語。佢覺得用只係喺字典入面搵到嘅詞語就好似住喺監獄噉。

I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our, uh, education like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and, I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, or, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future, for our children.

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我個人相信美國美國人做唔到，因為，呃，我哋國家有啲人冇地圖，呃，我相信我哋嘅，呃，教育，例如南非同，呃，伊拉克，隨處都好似，同埋，我相信佢哋應該，我哋喺美國呢度嘅教育應該幫助美國，呃，或者，呃，應該幫助我哋嘅南非同未來嘅國家，所以我哋應該幫助我哋嘅南非同未來嘅國家，所以我哋應該幫助我哋嘅南非同未來我哋嘅小朋友。

It is the 8th of June of 2013. I am wishy-washy as to my conlang priorities. Do I want Esperanto and Lojban? Or, do I want Lojban first, then Esperanto? Do I need to add Interlingua next? I tend to think now that Lojban has first priority for me. Hidden away is still the Orange Dream, which, I think, would be something different from Vling and would be really super-duper. The Orange Dream would have a more quaint Romanization perhaps, with such things as 'qu' and 'ph'. The morphemes would be monosyllabic.

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今日係2013年6月8號。我對我嘅康朗優先事項好失望。我想要世界語同洛吉班嗎？定係，我想要洛伊班先，然後世界語？我下次係咪要加 Interlingua？我而家傾向覺得洛吉班對我嚟講係第一優先事項。隱藏咗嘅仍然係橙夢，我覺得呢個會同 Vling 有啲唔同，而且會真係超級超級。橙夢可能會有一個比較古怪嘅羅馬化，有「 qu 」同「 ph 」呢啲嘢。啲語素會係單音節嘅。

And when thy son shall ask thee to morrow, saying: What is this? thou shalt answer him: With a strong hand did the Lord bring us forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. For when Pharaoh was hardened, and would not let us go, the Lord slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of man to the firstborn of beasts: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the womb of the male sex, and all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.

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當你個仔聽日問你，話：呢個係乜嘢嚟嘅？你要回答佢：主用有力嘅手，將我哋從埃及地，由奴役之家帶出嚟。因為當法老硬化，唔肯放我哋走嘅時候，耶和華就殺死埃及地嘅每一個長子，由人嘅長子到獸嘅長子：所以我將所有打開男性子宮嘅，同埋我救贖嘅所有長子，都獻給主。

The Ogress knew the voice of the Queen and her children at once, and being furious at having been thus deceived, she gave orders (in a most horrible voice which made everybody tremble) that, next morning by break of day, they should bring into the middle of the great court a large tub filled with toads, vipers, snakes, and all sorts of serpents, in order to have the Queen and her children, the chief cook, his wife and maid, thrown into it, all of whom were to be brought thither with their hands tied behind them.

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妖精一下子就知道女王同佢啲仔女嘅聲音，對於被人呃咗好憤怒，佢就下令（用一種令所有人都震驚嘅最可怕嘅聲音），第二朝天亮，佢哋應該將一個大浴缸帶入大法庭嘅中間，浴缸入面裝滿咗蟾蜍、毒蛇、蛇同各種蛇將佢哋雙手綁喺後面帶去嗰度。

And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying: By my own self have I sworn, saith the Lord: because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake: I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the sea shore; thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice.

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主嘅天使第二次從天上呼召亞伯拉罕，話：主話：我靠自己起誓，因為你做咗呢件事，而且冇為我嘅缘故而放過你嘅獨生子。你嘅後代將會擁有佢哋敵人嘅城門。因為你聽從我嘅聲音，地上萬國都會因你嘅後代而得福。

One day, Kateb Yacine, our great writer, and famous playwright, was called to receive a prize. As he walked onto the stage, he stumbled and "some people" laughed. He turned around and said to them, "La Fontaine made the animals laugh and today I made you laugh!" This story could have happened and is very believable and timeless, even if it was necessarily spread by word of mouth. Kateb Yacine was a great humble artist and was said to drink immoderately and, as an opponent on principle, he was best known for his escapades.

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有一日，我哋嘅偉大作家、著名劇作家 Kateb Yacine 被叫去攞獎，當佢行上台嗰陣，佢跌跌撞撞，然後「有啲人」笑咗，佢轉身同佢哋講：「 La Fontaine 令到啲動物笑，而今日我令到你哋笑咗！」呢個故事本來可以發生，而且係非常可信同永恆，就算佢一定係口耳相傳。 Kateb Yacine 係一個好謙虛嘅藝術家，據講佢飲酒唔適量，作為原則上嘅對手，佢最出名係佢嘅逃避行為。

Down through the misty vistas of the ages rings a clarion declaration and although the very heavens echo to the reverberations, but few hear and fewer understand: "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God." Here then is the eternal paradox. The Word is lost yet it is ever with us. The light that illumines the distant horizon shines in our hearts. "Thou wouldist not seek me hadst thou not found me." We travel afar only to find that which we hunger for at home.

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喺歷代嘅霧景入面，響起一個號角嘅宣言，雖然天空都呼應住混沌，但係好少人聽到，亦好少人明白：「起初有道，道同神一齊，道就係神。」噉呢度就係永恆嘅矛盾。聖言已經失去咗，但係佢永遠都喺我哋身邊。「如果你唔搵到我，你就唔會搵我。」我哋去遠方旅行，淨係為咗喺屋企搵到我哋渴望嘅嘢。

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