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Sesquiotica
Personal blog · sesquiotic.comwritingculture
Sesquiotica is a personal blog at sesquiotic.com about writing and culture. Since 2021, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “To Craunch the Marmoset (2016)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-24, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Sesquiotica for its humorous posts on odd language and translation, such as "to craunch the marmoset", a phrase one commenter finds bizarre in its etymology and another cites as an example of an untranslatable mess.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Words, words, words
Most-linked posts?
- To Craunch the Marmoset (2016)2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-12-24
What Hacker News says?
Or you have to untranslate them to figure out what went wrong, like "craunch the marmoset" - https://sesquiotic.com/2016/05/02/to-craunch-the-marmoset/
Comment linking /2016/05/02/to-craunch-the-marmoset/
on “Does Not Translate”Submitted To Craunch the Marmoset (2016) as a story · 45 points
HN discussionI had a good laugh at this - thanks for posting. The phrase "to craunch the marmoset" has been stuck in my head all morning. The etymology is entirely bizarre and hilarious. [1] Like a Vonnegut gag. [1] https://sesquiotic.com/2016/05/02/to-craunch-the-marmoset/
Comment linking /2016/05/02/to-craunch-the-marmoset/
on “English as She Is Spoke”Submitted Gore as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ox as a story · 2 points
HN discussion