§291. The Evenings, day 5: 26 December 1946/2025
'AT NINE O’CLOCK, by full daylight, he awoke. "The second day of Christmastide has broken,"" he thought.' It's Boxing
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§290. Sorted frequency table for Hirsch-Popescu Point added to Lexical Diversity Calculator
As I was working on a very brief piece on the Hirsch-Popescu Point (HPP) in one of the chapters of Reve's The Evenings, it occurred to me that
§289. The Evenings, day 4: 25 December 1946/2025
Christmas day! Frits woke up a quarter to eight and 'his first thought was: "It is Christmas Day."' I must admit that my first
§288. The Evenings, day 3: 24 December 1946/2025
It's already the third day of reading The Evenings, and I thoroughly enjoyed yesterday. Baldness is a recurring theme throughout the book — an
§287. The Evenings, day 2: 23 December 1946/2025
Today, we're reading chapter 2 of The Evenings. I thought it would be fun to look at sentence lengths in that chapter and compare them between
§286. The Evenings, day 1: 22 December 1946/2025
Today, December 22nd of 2026, is the first day of reading The Evenings, the translation of De avonden by Gerard Reve. Reading this classic from 22-31
§285. Welke 'De Avonden' dit jaar?
Al jaren lees ik van 22 december tot en met oudjaar De avonden van Gerard Reve. Zo'n traditie vind ik heerlijk, niet in de laatste plaats omdat
§284. Hirsch-Popescu Point added to Lexical Diversity Calculator
The Hirsch-Popescu Point (Popescu & Altmann, 2006) is an interesting metric to assess repetition in a text. It is determined by first
§283. 'Ben stil' of 'wees stil'?
In de aanstaande publicatie ‘Onthoud de gebiedende wijs! De spelling van de gebiedende wijs in het voortgezet onderwijs’ in Tijdschrift voor
§282. La la la
In Nederlandse liedteksten doet la het uitermate goed. In 'Dans je de hele nacht mij?' van De Sjonnies (1995) bijvoorbeeld komt het 279