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	<title>kalebeul &#187; 2005</title>
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	<description>anythingarian bubbles and troubles from the land of the fretting nun</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Mad Werner&#8217;s at it again</title>
		<link>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/31/mad-werners-at-it-again/</link>
		<comments>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/31/mad-werners-at-it-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 17:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Les bourgeois]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Splog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like Mr Patel&#8217;s political career is going to be a rerun of his life as a translator.
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		<title>When Javans ruled Spain</title>
		<link>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/30/when-javans-ruled-spain/</link>
		<comments>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/30/when-javans-ruled-spain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Decline]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Empire]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Of birds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Of the sea]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Of thunderbolts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I serendipited upon a review in Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië (1853) of Abraham Benjamin Cohen Stuart&#8217;s translation of  what sounds like an absolutely brilliant Javanese epic poem dealing with the life and loves of one Baron Sakendher, Geschiedenis van Baron Sakendher. Een Javaansch verhaal van vertaling, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, dear, what can the matter be</title>
		<link>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/29/oh-dear-what-can-the-matter-be/</link>
		<comments>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/29/oh-dear-what-can-the-matter-be/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 20:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Les bourgeois]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tearing myself away from the Catalan parliament debate on whether Superman is right-wing, news from Tarragona of Manoli Silva Martí, who died in a supermarket toilet and was not discovered for 57 hours. You all know the song, of course:
Oh, dear, what can the matter be,
Three old ladies locked in a lavatory,
They were there from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>kalebeulmanaakh</title>
		<link>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/27/k%e2%80%99aleb%c3%b8lmanaakh/</link>
		<comments>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/27/k%e2%80%99aleb%c3%b8lmanaakh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Liberals &#038; locals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Splog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to start including (front page, bottom right) &#8220;on this day&#8221; entries taking from Juan Cortada&#8217;s 1848 compendium of &#8220;all the customs, good and bad, of the city&#8221;, El libro verde de Barcelona: Añalejo de costumbres populares, fiestas religiosas y profanas, which I&#8217;ve been reading, along with the autobio of HN Schwarzkopf. Cortada is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justice at Christmas</title>
		<link>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/26/justice-at-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/26/justice-at-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 16:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Empire]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Late Middle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Of God]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/25/4815/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a cautionary tale from Alonso de Villegas&#8217; Fructus sanctorum y quinta parte del Flossanctorum (1594):
Gauberto Fabricio of the Order of St Bernard writes that in 1386 [Peter/Pedro/Pere IV] of Aragon took away various possessions of the cathedral church of St Tecla in Tarragona. Although the clergy protested, they were unable to prevent the mischief.
Now, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging costs nothing while love make your wallet as empty as a drum</title>
		<link>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/26/blogging-costs-nothing-while-love-make-your-wallet-as-empty-as-a-drum/</link>
		<comments>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/26/blogging-costs-nothing-while-love-make-your-wallet-as-empty-as-a-drum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 23:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Les bourgeois]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Splog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Christmad thought from Karim, which might bring to mind Leo Tolstoy or Norah Jones (or even Mark Twain&#8211;“The house was as empty as a beer closet in premises where painters have been at work&#8221;), but which is certainly all his own.
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		<title>Mrs Chekhov&#8217;s testicles</title>
		<link>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/24/mrs-chekhovs-testicles/</link>
		<comments>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/24/mrs-chekhovs-testicles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 22:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Les bourgeois]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Splog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Xosé Castro&#8217;s Spanish malapropism (burrada) site, Jehova&#8217;s witnesses = testigos de Jehová -> testículos de Checová = Mrs Chekhov&#8217;s testicles.
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		<title>Anglicisms on the Canaries</title>
		<link>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/23/anglicisms-on-the-canaries/</link>
		<comments>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/23/anglicisms-on-the-canaries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Of etymology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Of the marketplace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Of the sea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These (from Carlos Westendorp Plaza) are OK:

Autodate - type of potatoes
Queque - cake
Quineguar/chineguar - King Edward potatoes (the d -> g swap is interesting; it reminds me of some Andalusian dialects in which you get b -> g (abuelo -> aguelo) etc

And this is a killer:

Cambuyonero - Someone who trades articles of dubious procedence. Used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green / degreening</title>
		<link>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/22/green-degreening/</link>
		<comments>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/22/green-degreening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Les bourgeois]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Of God]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Of etymology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Of the law]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/22/4811/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fernando Navarro suggests that both I and Joseph Townsend are wrong. The Spanish word for executioner, verdugo, he says, was applied originally to a rod cut green, verde, and used to administer beatings. If Townsend was wrong, then his confusion or that of his informer might have arisen if (a) executioners were clothed in, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silvester Paradox: hoaxer or mystificator?</title>
		<link>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/21/silvester-paradox-hoaxer-or-mystificator-2/</link>
		<comments>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/21/silvester-paradox-hoaxer-or-mystificator-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Liberals &#038; locals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pío Baroja]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Splog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[MJ suggests that &#8220;adventures, devices and hoaxes&#8221; is a better translation of &#8220;aventuras, inventos y mixtificaciones&#8221; than &#8220;adventures, inventions and mystifications.&#8221; I think that&#8217;s a bit hard on C19th Spain&#8217;s greatest scientist ;o)
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		<title>Islamic green used to stigmatise Spanish convict labour?</title>
		<link>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/21/islamic-green-used-to-stigmatise-spanish-convict-labour/</link>
		<comments>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/21/islamic-green-used-to-stigmatise-spanish-convict-labour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Decline]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Empire]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Of God]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Joseph Townsend, A Journey Through Spain in the Years 1786 and 1787 (1791):
When we drew near to Barcelona, we had to cross a river [ie the Besòs], in which we counted fifty felons, clothed in green, and employed in clearing the channel, whilst sentinels stationed at convenient distances prevented their escape.
It is curious to observe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas dinner in church</title>
		<link>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/18/christmas-dinner-in-church/</link>
		<comments>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/18/christmas-dinner-in-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Les bourgeois]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Of God]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Of meals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Of music]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/18/christmas-dinner-in-church/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know where I should be grazing this Christmas, thanks to the Archbishop of York:
We are so lucky in this country to have churches that are nearer our homes than most supermarkets. I encourage you to take advantage of that this Christmas.
Unfortunately there&#8217;s no way he can be referring to the Queen&#8217;s churches, which take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catalan landscapes</title>
		<link>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/17/catalan-landscapes/</link>
		<comments>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/17/catalan-landscapes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Les bourgeois]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Of pictures]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Splog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some lovely photos by Eduardo Mencos which I just found.
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		<title>Beercelona 2</title>
		<link>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/16/beercelona-2/</link>
		<comments>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/16/beercelona-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Les bourgeois]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Of ball games]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Splog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just in case you wondered and don&#8217;t understand Google, Beercelona isn&#8217;t my term but the name of a 5-a-side team in Cambridge. Real Madras is still around, but whatever happened to Orange Flavoured Bicycle Sheds?
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		<title>Th&#8217;Estatut</title>
		<link>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/16/thestatut/</link>
		<comments>http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/12/16/thestatut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Les bourgeois]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Splog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; is how it always seems to end up in Word. In the New Year normality will reassert itself in the shape of l&#8217;Estatut or, more probably, nothing.
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