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"Here comes the Royal Family now. The automobile has now stopped…. Oh, there’s the King — he’s..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:35:07 +0100

“Here comes the Royal Family now. The automobile has now stopped….
Oh, there’s the King — he’s stepping out, followed by her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, nattily attired in a silver coat. Mr. King is now shaking hands with the King and introducing Mr. Queen to the King and Queen and then Mrs. Queen to the Queen and King. They are now proceeding up the steps to the well-decorated City Hall, the King and Mr. King together with the Queen being escorted by Mrs. Queen. The King has now stopped and said something to Mrs. Queen and goes to Mrs. Queen and the Queen and Mr. King and the Queen laughed jovially. The King leaves Mr. King and goes to Mrs. Queen, and the Queen and Mr. King follow behind…”

- From CBC Radio report of the 1939 visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Winnipeg, where they were greeted by Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Winnipeg Mayor John Queen and Mrs. Queen.

Royal Moments in Broadcasting (via anglepoised)

From page iv of the Catalogue of the San Francisco Free Public...

Tue, 29 May 2012 05:30:30 +0100

From page iv of the Catalogue of the San Francisco Free Public Library, 1888 additions, abbreviations for “the more common masculine and feminine fore-names”.

"South Korea’s move from a traditional address system to a new utilitarian one reminds me of a..."

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:09:05 +0000

“South Korea’s move from a traditional address system to a new utilitarian one reminds me of a curious story of redress familiar to many natives of Malaysia’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur. A historic roundabout in the heart of the city — once named Birch Roundabout, after British colonial administrator J. W. W. Birch — was later renamed Jalan Maharajalela, after his assassin. Even in the figurative afterlife, it seems that historical villains cannot escape their fate of being unceremoniously deposed.”

- Min Li Chan: Signs of the Times: Assigning New Streets to an Entire Nation at polis.

"Chef Yotam Ottolenghi, who I’ve never heard of, is redefining vegetarianism. BECAUSE HE CAN. JUST..."

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:59:00 +0100

“Chef Yotam Ottolenghi, who I’ve never heard of, is redefining vegetarianism. BECAUSE HE CAN. JUST KIDDING who the fuck is he? I know you’re on TV, Mr. Ottolenghi, but your name isn’t Webster, bitch, you’re not the damn dictionary. Get it straight: you can always make up NEW words but…”

- vegansaurus!: Redefining Vegetarianism: Oh NO he didn’t! (via kkr !)

He retracted that later, but to be honest, I’m more annoyed about this:

his new restaurant, Nopi (he’s even re-defined London’s Soho; Nopi is an acronym for the Northern Piccadilly quarter where he’s opened)

Er, no. Just no. Soho’s been called that for three hundred years, and you don’t get to come in and rebrand it with a stupid restaurant name. Maybe - possibly - if your little venture is still there in a century we’ll think about it, but before then, can you bugger off back to Portobello Market with all the other posh gits and confine your overpriced cakes to the forsaken corners of West London? (Oh, and that store in Islington, but that place hasn’t been the same since the Great Estate Agent Takeover of the mid nineties, anyway.) Thanks.

Stations of the Pyongyang Metro

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:44:00 +0000

#1 천리마선 Line

붉은별 Red Star
전우 Comrade
개선 Triumph
통일 Reunification
승리 Victory
봉화 Torch/Beacon
영광 Glory
부흥 Revitalization

#2 혁신선 Line

광복 Restoration/Independence
건국 National Foundation
황금벌 Golden Soil
건설 Construction
혁신 Innovation
전승 Complete Victory (in Battle)
삼흥 Three Rejuvenations
광명 Shine/Enlightenment
락원 Paradise

From Wikipedia’s page on the system (which uses old Berlin U-bahn trains).

"nowadays Canon’s consumer digital SLRs are sold as the Kiss or Digital Rebel in Japan and the..."

Mon, 04 May 2009 19:52:00 +0100

“nowadays Canon’s consumer digital SLRs are sold as the Kiss or Digital Rebel in Japan and the USA. With names like that, I prefer numbers.”

- Ashley Pomeroy in his post on the Kodak DCS 460.