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Towards a noun-free Southern Europe

Posted: November 18th 2008 19:28. Last modified: January 13th 2009 21:31

Tim the Translator is not happy with a diktat on non-sexist language issued by the Autonomous University of Barcelona, which includes a recommendation to use passive reflexive (which may well be distinct from reflexive passive) constructs like “it will be ruled judicially…” in order to avoid discriminatory acts like “the judge [m] will rule…”. He [...]

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Barcelona

  • March 19 1840 Se coloca la primera piedra para formar la plaza del mercado de la Bocaría en el terreno que fue iglesia de S. José.

Josep Pla, Palafrugell (1918-9)

  • 19 de març de 1918 lectures, família
  • 19 de març de 1919 La meva germana Rosa m’escriu dient que han arribat les orenetes. Ara, al mas –penso– la simfonia primaveral deu ésser completa: les granotes, els grills, el mussol que cova al teulat, a redós de la xemeneia, el cucut, el xisclar voleiadís de les orenetes…

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