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I'm guessing that's a joke?

But this bit here -

Gene is the syndicated humor columnist for The Washington Post. At times he can be erudite and perceptive, but in general has the sensibilities of a nine-year-old boy who has just learned, to his delight and complete distraction, that women wear underpants. There is no reason you should give a crap about anything he has to say.

(...)

Q. Why does Gene seem always to take an extreme liberal position on any political issue?A. Because, politically, he is just to the left of Ho Chi Minh

- has instantly made this awesome.

ceigered:

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I'm guessing that's a joke?

It's a joke, the chat has by far the highest readership of any chat at the Post.

Gene Weingarten doesn't even work for them anymore, he took a buyout a year or two ago, and now does the chats (and a weekly humor column) on a contract basis.

It seems rather strange. In french, it would be difficult, because "*je te coeur" is too close from "je t'écoeure" (mi nauxzigas vin).

"I heart u" seems rather to me a way to spell "I (heart) u" omitting metalinguistic parentheses.

I have seen T-shirts with "mi (koro)-as (verda stelo) -n", por "mi amas esperanton"

I'm glad that an actual French person thinks something like that, as I'd probably come to the same conclusion but accuse my self of being a silly English speaker who can't appreciate the fine differences in between e and é at the "start" of a word .

So, perhaps then it only "works" when A) the language is grammatically compatible enough to put "heart" in place of a verb, and B) when the language doesn't have a similar sounding verb that might mislead the listener?

@ Erinja - haha, that's good then, I was actually getting a little bit worried thinking "hold on, could they actually be serious?", but given the amount of times they refer to why Gene hasn't lost his job yet, I guessed it might have been just a joke

According to the sixth edition of "Duden Deutsches Universalwörterbuch", in German the verb herzen (← Herz = heart) does exist (although I've rarely heard it and never used it) - with the meaning "to hug".

erinja:

ceigered:I never heard "I heart you" before in English! . To me it's like saying "Mi koras vin" - very strange!

People don't say it, they write it.

It comes up not infrequently in the Washingtonton Post's monthly humor chat for example], of which I am devoted reader.

Where else do you get to read a chat with discussions of every topic from the nitpicky details of English grammar and punctuation to the ethics of vegetarianism, with a liberal dose of poop jokes and offensive/bad taste humor -- with a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner?

I totally heart that chat. The highlight of my month.

Of course you meant to say, "I totally ♥ that chat."

razlem:Btw ceigered, I just stumbled upon The Noun Project. It seemed relevant:http://www.thenounproject.com/

I think his education would be better served by this short hieroglyphics lecture. I heart it.

Well, that's another reason for things like the noun project

(Interestingly, someone didn't quite kor-as that video, making a note how it was barbaric to insult someone else's sacred and spiritual connection to their past like that. I think they may have missed the joke, or lost their happiness medication ).

Anyway, regarding that noun project or anything similar, what would be a great strategy for labelling such symbols? Writing the root with a "-" at the end? Or writing things in noun/adjective/verb form and listing them?

ceigered:(Interestingly, someone didn't quite kor-as that video, making a note how it was barbaric to insult someone else's sacred and spiritual connection to their past like that. I think they may have missed the joke, or lost their happiness medication ).

Speaking of barbarians who insult people, countercultural icon R. Crumb decided not to do that this time, for his adaptation of the first book of the Bible. (Here's an image.) I was intrigued to see hieroglyphics and wonder if they are gibberish (likely), an approximation of the English translation next to it (unlikely), or some secret coded message (surely not?)