{"id":3706,"date":"2013-09-21T18:43:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T00:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3706"},"modified":"2014-08-10T15:09:43","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T21:09:43","slug":"places-ive-been-to-sept-21-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/09\/21\/places-ive-been-to-sept-21-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Places I&#8217;ve Been (to Sept. 21 2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><ul class=\"diigo-linkroll\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossmyt.com\/hc\/linghebr\/awfgrmlg.html\">&#8220;The Awful German Language&#8221; by Mark Twain<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">&#8220;The Awful German Language<br \/>\nby Mark Twain<br \/>\n[This is Appendix D from Twain&#8217;s 1880 book A Tramp Abroad. 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