Sipping water during my interview with him in the kind of London hotel frequented by either shipping magnates or people with a film to promote, the affable Bahari seemed fairly matter-of-fact, given the utter strangeness of his story.
Or, given the other strangenesses of that universe (the most popular sport is croquet), is it a snide affirmation of just how long gone that heyday really is?
Others (see Phillips 1970, for example), following Wittgenstein, have tried to give an explanation of the strangeness of religious language by invoking the idea of a language-game.
The beauty of the drone;and the strangeness of it, given Pentagon budgetary tastes;is that it costs so little in money and in lives (on our side).
Her sense of the strangeness of the process gives us the sense of being included in a great adventure.
Sometimes I'm tempted to regret the youth that left me always a little at a loss, never quite belonging anywhere – but mostly I'm thankful it filled me with wonder at the strangeness of things, and gave me my voice.
Strangeness is interesting for the poet because it gives him or her the opportunity for drama, whether it's the strangeness of the poet or the strangeness of the world around the poet.
Wake Up To Wogan gave them the sense of being in a surreal club laughing at the strangeness of life.
It gave them a kind of agency, although from a foreigner's perspective it contributed to the strangeness of the place.
