Tag Archives: English language
Excuse My French
After mastering grammar, building a basic vocabulary required to get your point across (e.g. “box” versus “receptacle” or “red” versus “vermillion”), and perhaps attaining some cultural knowledge, there remain parts of a language that are rarely, if ever, communicated in … Continue reading
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ohhhthat’swhathewassayingnowigetit
One of my favorite things to do is to wander around crowded places “collecting” languages. I listen in for intonations, for sounds specific to certain languages, and for rhythms of speech. From years of quiet observation I have become quite … Continue reading
Things I Find Confusing
guys driving donkey carts while talking on cellphones they sell underwear and bras on the street here and nobody bats an eyelash stickers and decorations on Egyptian taxi cabs Loofahs sexual harassment. Seriously, guys, what’s really going on here? ”Oh … Continue reading
