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>> No.13087849 [View]
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Why are non-shit translations of philosophy so fucking expensive? Why are so many good translations of particular works only available as part of a complete edition?

>> No.12802126 [View]
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>buy copy of Canterbury Tales
>'it's a penguin hardback, it should be fine'
>it's a fucking modernised version
People who '''''translate''''' Chaucer need to be hung

>> No.12609463 [View]
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ITT the most aesthetically disgusting words in English
>pressurise (as in 'to pressurise someone into doing something', not sure why people started saying that instead of 'pressure someone into...')
>fitment
>any word ending in -ise when it's spelt with a z (pressurize, catalyze)

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12522682

>book doesn't have chapters

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>>11880354
KEEP THIS FUCKING NAME OFF THIS BOARD FUCK

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