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February 07 2021, 19:07

Lately, I’ve rediscovered Splean for myself. I can’t listen to the old stuff anymore, it’s worn out to holes. How much Vasiliev managed to write in 26 years. Sixteen albums. And lately, a lot of good stuff. “Behind Seven Seals”, “Run, My Life”, “Djinn”, “Hot Air Balloon”, “Anthem”, “Magic Violin”, “Warmth of the Home”, “Temple”, and, here, something relevant about Harry Potter.

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Harry, I bid farewell to you with this,

As one poet to another, how shall I say,

Allow me to finish with just one verse

Before saying Adieu.

Yesterday the king walked all cool and proud

And a boy said: “But the king is naked”,

They immediately broke the boy’s head off his legs

And pinned a charge on him.

Now he doesn’t drink lemonade from bottles,

Now he sits either in Kresty or in Butyrka,

Sometimes he furrows his brows, sometimes he scratches his back head,

But doesn’t understand why.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlP4RVbQMpg

January 30 2021, 01:11

Reading Game of Thrones in the original. Incredibly interesting even after the series. The language becomes very simple once you get into it and figure out the terminology of the world of Games and various medieval stuff like chainmail (in English – mail).

Periodically, there are quite murky sentences where the author decided to show off his full word-formation prowess. Can’t find good examples anymore, but here’s a so-so example on the current page:

Stout, jowly Janos Slynt puffed himself up like an angry frog, his bald pate reddening.

#english

Here’s a good review of the language there:

https://langformula.ru/game-of-thrones/#3