Nothing doing: no verbs - Unusual Tales - www.smh.com.au
Hello Mr Looneybin!
Thaler, who hopes his book will be translated into English, says he loves words, but not verbs. “The verb is like a weed in a field of flowers. You have to get rid of it to allow the flowers to grow and flourish. Take away the verbs and the language speaks for itself.”
I find this sort of romantic, somehow:
Prototype of Unmanned Airship Is Unveiled (washingtonpost.com)
A communications company unveiled a prototype of an unmanned airship that would function as a relay platform while floating in the stratosphere some 65,000 feet above service areas.
The lighter-than-air “stratellite” has been under construction by the GlobeTel Communications Corp. subsidiary Sanswire Networks LLC at an airport in San Bernardino County.
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“It’s a rebirth of an era in our minds,” Coleman said. “… We see it as a link to the past.”
I wonder if they will be visible at all? How cool would it be to look up at one of those things with a telescope?