{"id":55549,"date":"2013-07-03T09:30:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T13:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=55549"},"modified":"2013-07-03T17:28:43","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T21:28:43","slug":"english-rude-word-enters-german-language-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/03\/english-rude-word-enters-german-language-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"English Rude Word Enters German Language, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_55550\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/williamsbookstore.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55550\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55550\" alt=\"williamsbookstore\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/williamsbookstore.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/williamsbookstore.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/williamsbookstore-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Williams&#8217; Book Store.<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>On the <a href=\"http:\/\/theweek.com\/article\/index\/238801\/4-benefits-of-writing-by-hand\" target=\"_blank\">manifold benefits<\/a> of writing by hand.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/Victorian-Literature-for\/139971\/\" target=\"_blank\">In which<\/a> the author teaches Victorian literature to embryo accountants.<\/li>\n<li>Germany <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-23142660\" target=\"_blank\">adopts<\/a> <em>shitstorm<\/em>. 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