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Sabai dee pee mai! Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun! Happy New Year!
Felix annus novus tibi sit! Or, for our English readers, Happy New Year. I’ve been wanting to study Latin for years. (If some super rich and friendly reader happens to want to sponsor my Latin classes, I’d, um, be … Continue reading
Posted in foreign language
Tagged 2012, foreign language, French, German, Klingon, Latin, Spanish
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Word Nerd Wednesday
Welcome back to this week’s Word Nerd Wednesday. Here are some of the best language-related stories I found on the interwebs: What do alligators, cannibals, and potatoes have in common? They are all Spanish words the English language adopted. A … Continue reading
Posted in foreign language, in the news, literature, style issues
Tagged eBook reader, literature, placeholder text, Spanish, vocabulary
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Funny Spanish idioms
Dear Grammar Party readers, Next week I will be sunning myself on the beaches of Cabo San Lucas. And while I will probably still be thinking about grammar, since I am a nerd, there will be a one-week hiatus … Continue reading
Denglish, Franglais, Germish, and Spanglish – English words find new life across the globe
Lesson: How English words evolve in other languages Last time we discussed false friends, words that look the same or similar to words in other languages, but have different meanings. Related to false friends are pseudo-anglicisms. These are English words … Continue reading
Freud was right the first time: Sometimes a cigar is not just a cigar
Lesson: The dangers of false friends when learning a language The next time you visit Germany, don’t say danke schön when you receive a gift. In German, “gift” means “poison.” And when in Italy, beware of signs reading “casino,” … Continue reading
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Tagged false friends, foreign language, French, German, Spanish, Swedish
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