The Chinese have a word tóudà (头大) which means overwhelmed. Literally it means head-big and the idea is that your head is bursting with concepts too numerous and too difficult to contain. I was taught this word yesterday on a flight from Shanghai to London by a Chinese woman called Hui. She spoke hardly any [...]
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A witchfire of madness
Posted in Relationships, Writing, tagged Black Colossus, British Airways, Conan, languages, Robert E. Howard, Weird Tales on April 30, 2011 | 7 Comments »
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