It’s the Modern World, the End of Times, the Decline of the West, the Revolt of the Masses. It’s the 1920’s. It’s going to be Very Silly.
Bertie: You can’t be a successful dictator *and* design women’s underclothing.
Jeeves: No, sir.
Bertie: One or the other. Not both.
Jeeves: Precisely, sir.
I wonder if Jeeves & Wooster are talking about Gabriele d’Annunzio? His story is certainly an interesting one. Where else but in Italy could a poet turn into a dictator and a dictator to [...]
Tugan Tel 1
Originally uploaded by Fennoskandia.
“Tugan tel” means native tongue in Tatar. The Tatar language is related to Turkish and many Central Asian languages. The Tatars are the largest ethnic minority in Russia today. Only a part of them live in Tatarstan, a state with [...]
I enlighet med den här bloggens bakåtsträvande karaktär kommer jag att stundom publicera gamla artiklar från frånlidna nätdagböcker. Följande kunde läsas i “Fennoskandia” 2004-03-07.
Pidin kerran blogia nimeltä “Fennoskandia”. Säästin siitä pari mielenkiintoista artikkelia, jotka sopivat mainiosti tämän uuden blogini tarkoituksiin. Ensimmäinen artikkeli käsittelee Suomen ja Japanin mielenkiintoista suhdetta.