Those Umberto Eco speeches. I feel asleep during the intro. My god those other...people... who ...aren't... Eco...should... never... be... allowed..to talk..in..public..ever..again.
I actually had trouble with Eco too. His inflected broken English had me going "Um? Is this a Sacha Baron Cohen sketch?"
They were entertaining in a strange and educational way though.
"Maybe I am a bigot, and I never realized... well...maybe translator you make keep ambiguity in context of utterance" ?!!?!? WHAT!?!?
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Date: 2008-11-19 03:49 pm (UTC)Those Umberto Eco speeches. I feel asleep during the intro. My god those other...people... who ...aren't... Eco...should... never... be... allowed..to talk..in..public..ever..again.
I actually had trouble with Eco too. His inflected broken English had me going "Um? Is this a Sacha Baron Cohen sketch?"
They were entertaining in a strange and educational way though.
"Maybe I am a bigot, and I never realized... well...maybe translator you make keep ambiguity in context of utterance" ?!!?!? WHAT!?!?