Month: January 2024

“Loud, heap miseries upon us yet entwine our arts with laughters low!”

January 25, 2024November 25, 2024 CanisTrigger No Comments

This book club finally finished ‘Finnegans Wake.’ It only took them 28 years In October, after 28 years, a book club in Venice, California, finally finished one of the most famously-difficult-to-read books in literature, Finnegans Wake by James Joyce — but the club’s founder Gerry Fialka would argue you’re never really done reading it.Finnegans Wake is no breeze, as it…

Authors, Books, Classics, Literature, Publishing, Writing

“Fatti non foste a viver come bruti”

January 24, 2024November 25, 2024 CanisTrigger No Comments

“Fatti non foste a viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza”: in queste parole è contenuto l’accorato appello contro l’imbarbarimento dell’essere umano. Una frase che ci ammonisce, in quanto uomini, a fare tesoro della nostra intelligenza e a seguire la strada della virtù.Questa citazione della Divina Commedia ha avuto nei secoli grande fortuna, ed è…

Autori, Letteratura, Letteratura italiana, Poetry, Pubblicare, Writing

English pronunciation? Rather… chaotic!

January 17, 2024November 25, 2024 CanisTrigger No Comments

English is (in)famously a tricky language. As far back as 1922, a Dutch language learner wrote a very long poem about the problems of English pronunciation called ‘The Chaos.’ This is a classic English poem containing about 800 of the worst irregularities in English spelling and pronunciation.Will Snellen wrote a PDF version using the phonetic alphabet.You can hear…

Languages, Poetry, Writing