February 2012
22 posts
“The nie nie zu (the “crush-crush tribe”) are so named because they go into...”
– Who knew China was tribal? The diversification of Chinese society has seen a flowering of a new vocabulary. Perhaps most fascinating has been the division of people into tribes (zu in Mandarin). (via theeconomist)
January 2012
43 posts
“The poet is a man who feigns
And feigns so thoroughly, at last
He manages to...”
– Fernando Pessoa, from “Autopsychography,” trans. Edouardo Roditi (via proustitute)
