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"happy birthday, pygmy!"

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zulu: halala ngosuku lokuzalwa  elibhekwa njengabaThwa ! esperanto: feliĉan naskiĝtagon,  nana !   dutch: gelukkige verjaardag,  dwerg ! norwegian: gratulerer med dagen  pygmé !  danish: tillykke med fødselsdagen,  pygmæ ! finnish: hyvää syntymäpäivää,  kääpiö ! czech: všechno nejlepší k narozeninám, trpaslík ! lol the primary definition of  trpaslík  is 'gnome' casteshano: feliz cumpleaños,  enano ! galician: feliz aniversario,  pigmeo ! catalán: feliç aniversari,  pigmea ! basque: zoriontsu urtebetetzea  pygmy ! maltese: għeluq sninha,  pigmew ! corsican: TANTI AUGURI,*  pygmy !  *the caps are not my doing, it's exactly what google translate spat out. so, yeah, WISHING YOU AN AUSPICIOUS SESSION WITH YOUR AUGUR, pygmy! albanian: gëzuar ditëlindjen,  xhuxh ! (looks like it would sound like someone sneezing?) macedonian: среќен роденден,  мал ! that language spoken by the swift, the hairy-headed, the glanci

Electric Sacrifice

Look what we missed this weekend: http://www.vice.com/read/these-art-freaks-are-sacrificing-stuff-in-bushwick-tonight

Mildewy Melissa

mildew (n.) mid-13c., mildeu "honeydew, nectar," from Old English meledeaw "honeydew" (sticky stuff exuded by aphids), from Proto-Germanic compound of *melith "honey" (see Melissa ) + *dawwaz "dew" (see dew ). Cf. Old Saxon milidou , Dutch meeldauw , German Meltau "mildew." First element in many cases assimilated to forms of meal (n.2) "ground grain." As a kind of fungus it is first recorded mid-14c., so called from its being sticky and originally growing in plants. As a verb from 1550s. Related: Mildewed .

Andromache: Pouring out Tears

https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/16755/Muich_Rebecca.pdf?sequence=1

Okstupid

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De como Athena tumbó a Rachel

Winter Storm Brutus: Why We Named It Winter Storm Athena: Why We Named It [Athena knocked me down the Subway steps this morning. It's true.] NEW YORK — Winter Storm Athena, which stymied recovery efforts from Superstorm Sandy, pulled away from New York and New Jersey Thursday, leaving a blanket of thick, wet snow that snapped storm-weakened trees and downed power lines, but didn't appear to add much more to the devastation. More winds are expected through Thursday and commuters may have to brave lingering snowfall. "We aren't out of the woods yet in terms of the winds of this system," Tom Niziol, winter weather expert for The Weather Channel, said Thursday morning. "Once again, I want to reiterate that without Sandy, we may not have named this storm. However, one of our main reasons for naming events is societal impact. With so many people still under recovery efforts -- even well inland -- the combination of heavy, wet snow and wind prompted the decisio

Greco-Roman Cat

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Appealing to our feline and classical sensibilities all at once. ¿¡¡¡¿¿¡¡¿ Mais comment s'appelle-t-il ?!??!?!!?  Voici une liste d'options: Catullus Cato Socates Euripicat Aristopheline Publius Catvideos Naso Senecat Dis-moi, quel nom préfères-tu? fuck i hope i got that spelling and punctuation right.  french is un-fun when you've forgotten most of it. ---------------- Now, I give you Ancient Greek Culture Cat, that is,  ελληνικά τ  

Brave as a Fairy: Albanian Mythology

Prende was a goddess of love in the Albanian folklore. She was the wife of Perendi and referred to in Albanian legends aszoja e bukuris ("the queen of beauty"), while her sacred day was Friday. When Albania became Christianized in the early Middle Ages, Prende was identified by the Catholic Church as Saint Anne, mother of Virgin Mary Albanian: Shënepremte or Prende, known in Gheg dialect as Prenne or Petka. The zana e malit is an Albanian mythological creature (Albanian: Zane or Zëre in southern Albania) ("fairy of the mountain" in English), zana (as a definite noun), or zanë (plural) of pre-Roman Paleo-Balkan origin. Its etymology is related to Latin Diana its also simil ar to the Bardha. The Zana are thought to have observed the speeches at theLeague of Prizren at 1878.   In Northern Albania and  Kosovo   every mountain was said to have its own zana, who appeared as a fair maiden found bathing naked in mountain streams .  The zana is believed to be extremely

EN THEO GEN

Is Angiepymytu's new favorite word. entheogen |enˈthēəˌjen, -jən| noun a chemical substance, typically of plant origin, that is ingested to produce a nonordinary state of consciousness for religious or spiritual purposes. DERIVATIVES entheogenic |enˌthēəˈjenik| adjective ORIGIN 1970s: from Greek, literally ‘becoming divine within’ ; coined by an informal committee studying the inebriants of shamans.

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