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  • legere (lat) to read => lectura (lat) the reading event => lecture (en) => lecturer (en) a person giving/hosting a reading event.

    A lecturer is supposed to read the text of a book to students so that they are able to write it down and obtain a copy of it for themselves.

    Books written by professional scribes are incredible expensive, and this new thing they established in Bologna in 1088 – the so called “universities” offering lectures will be a major breakthrough in the history of mankind to distribute knowledge!

    Good to know some professors still honour the only true way of teaching.




  • I never said homelessness is not a problem in Europe. On the contrary – working in a psychiatric hospital I am pretty aware of homelessness in our area. I just didn’t get the message of this cartoon, and I am shocked about what I learned today.

    Wish I was able to get out more, though, your analysis is spot on.


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    I’m too European to get it. What is the message?

    Edit: I do get it now. I was lost in translation.

    In Germany, we got two terms that translate to homelessness in English: Obdachlosigkeit (literally “shelterlessness”), defined as living on the street, and Wohnungslosigkeit (literally “appartmentlessness”), defined as lacking a living space rented or owned. “Wohnungslose” people live mostly in communal owned homes or with friends/acquaintances.

    So, for me, understanding “homelessness” as “Obdachlosigkeit”, this cartoon was hard to grasp.