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Jeremiah Lewis's avatar

I'm adding your quote "Take pleasure in language like a cuisine." to my list of revolving inspirational sayings. Thank you.

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Joel J Miller's avatar

Fun piece. As an English-speaking monoglot, I have no real-life experience with what Borges mentions here, but I have been a professional editor for more than two decades now and have read about the history of English for years. I’m always amazed by the richness of its expressive potential, which it owes in part to its wild, miscegenated past.

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Benjamin Chayes's avatar

Nice piece, Benjamin. I can relate, as a translator and a language fetishist.

I did think you were heading towards synesthesia, but that ended up a reminder to recycle an old piece of mine.

Enjoy your weekend!

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