Odd #linguistic observation and the first #InternetRabbitHole of #today:

Via reading about the theremin, I reached Wikipedia's page about the Sorbs. Out of curiosity I started reading it. Then I thought I'd rather read it in #German. So I went to the German Wikipedia page about the Sorben and read for a while.

When I was finished, it occurred to me that there are some subjects I prefer reading about in German vs. English. It depends on my original context for those subjects.

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I started a jigsaw puzzle of the Albert Hall. There's a statue in front of it and I couldn't tell who it was if (I didn't think it was Prince Albert bc it was wearing a cloak and somehow just didn't seem like him, though granted, as an American I don't have a go-to image in my head.) So I looked up the Albert Hall on Wikipedia. This led me to read the article on the song "Hitler only has one ball," since some versions of the song reference the Albert Hall as the repository of the other one. It's a fairly lengthy article with commentary from various academics. From it I also learned that a Canadian military band once played the "Colonel Bogey March" (the tune of the Hitler song) on a state visit by some Japanese dignitaries and they took it as a reference to "Bridge over the River Kwai" and were insulted.
Anyway, just thought people might like to know.
And it is Prince Albert...in a cloak. Maybe he liked cloaks, IDK.
#internetrabbithole #wikipedia #AlbertHall #justhavingfun

in today's #internetRabbitHole because i'm #downsizing, I found this really cool book on #projectGutenburg about monograms and ciphers. and now I wanna design one for myself.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/40023/40023-h/40023-h.htm