Comments on: September 2011 Issue http://www.word-detective.com/2011/09/september-2011-issue/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex http://www.word-detective.com/2011/09/september-2011-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-23416 Alex Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:11:13 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=6517#comment-23416 After reading your trashing of the nook and kindle, I was fascinated to see that the ad robot has inserted adverts for... you guessed it - the nook and kindle. Oh the irony :-) After reading your trashing of the nook and kindle, I was fascinated to see that the ad robot has inserted adverts for… you guessed it – the nook and kindle. Oh the irony :-)

]]> By: Danny http://www.word-detective.com/2011/09/september-2011-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-23375 Danny Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:14:11 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=6517#comment-23375 I bought <i>From Altoids to Zima</i> from Amazon, I think. Have you ever been to Powell's City of Books? I bought From Altoids to Zima from Amazon, I think. Have you ever been to Powell’s City of Books?

]]> By: Topi http://www.word-detective.com/2011/09/september-2011-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-23334 Topi Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:02:29 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=6517#comment-23334 I've been stateside only few times, but I vividly remember my first visit to a bookshop in US in a mall near Orlando. I went to the children and youth section and asked about Edgar Rice Burroughs books, him being an american writer and his books were scarse in english bookshops. The young lady who served me didn't even know whom I was talking about. Sic transit gloria mudi. I’ve been stateside only few times, but I vividly remember my first visit to a bookshop in US in a mall near Orlando.

I went to the children and youth section and asked about Edgar Rice Burroughs books, him being an american writer and his books were scarse in english bookshops. The young lady who served me didn’t even know whom I was talking about. Sic transit gloria mudi.

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