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Thursday, February 16, 2012
A Linguistic Marriage
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It’s fascinating how words move from one language to another. Why and how they move can be enlightening and often down right funny. English ...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
No, Really, Who Am I?
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Someone recently asked whether my family is north or south Indian, and the question gave me serious pause. I know, it should be a fairly str...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
I Say Tomate, You Say Tomato – English, Arabic, and Spanish Word Migration
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Photo by Fastily Talk It wasn’t until I started learning Spanish as an adult that I realised a lot of words used in English were...
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Monday, February 13, 2012
The Traveling Word – Denglish, Yenglish, and Linguistic Globetrotters
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Public Viewing in Berlin Photo by Thalan I love it when words go a-travelin’. I picture them walking down the syntactical breezeway o...
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Friday, February 10, 2012
Off The Beaten Track: Calypso, Tell me a Story
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Sangeeta Nancy Boondoo, an attorney with the government of Trinidad and Tobago, is a student of life. She's always on the lookout for...
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