Re:Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making ...
by jdelfuego on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:45AM
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> there's no way to say it nicely, I have a big nose.
But there is!
"Érase un hombre a una nariz pegado,
érase una nariz superlativa,
érase una nariz sayón y escriba,
érase un peje espada muy barbado"
(Francisco de Quevedo, 1580-1645)
"There was a nose, which had a man appended.
It was a nose superb, superlative,
it was a nose, a hangman and a scribe,
it was a swordfish, sharp and hairy-ended"
But there is!
"Érase un hombre a una nariz pegado, érase una nariz superlativa, érase una nariz sayón y escriba, érase un peje espada muy barbado" (Francisco de Quevedo, 1580-1645)
Or, as translated by Timothy Adès (https://timothyades.com/francisco-de-quevedo-1580-1645-a-una...):
"There was a nose, which had a man appended. It was a nose superb, superlative, it was a nose, a hangman and a scribe, it was a swordfish, sharp and hairy-ended"