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The word word is a word.
via The word word is a word. In today’s post we’re going to take a look at autological words and some other examples of autology that extend beyond the written realm. Let me first offer a dictionary...
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City of the Week: Moscow
With the athletics World Championships just finishing, I thought it only fit to feature Moscow in our City of the Week post this week. Moscow is an eclectic city with a fascinating personality. The...
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You Already Know (Part I)
via You Already Know (Part I). Some of you may not have excelled in your high-school mathematics class, but you probably know how to catch a flying tennis ball, right? My point? You don’t need to be...
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Learning a Language as a Child vs. Learning as an Adult
by Angela I grew up in a family that spoke English, Albanian and Serbian. I was fluent in both English and Albanian at the age of 5, but lost my fluency in Albanian by the age of 10. After my mother...
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You Already Know (Part II)
via You Already Know (Part II). So you’re back for more! You genius, you. Look at your head just inflating with IQ points in anticipation of what you’re about to read. Well let’s get to it, hotshot!...
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Language in Social Media
by Angela Social media has now become a vital tool in the success businesses. Something that was once just a simple tool to connect with others has grown into a plethora of possibilities for companies...
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You Already Know (Part III, and conclusion)
via You Already Know (Part III, and conclusion). The human body is no simple machine. We’re made up of hundreds of trillions of human cells, and anatomists have assigned names to every nook, cranny,...
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Numbers
Reblogged from The Flikkt Language Blog: You can read. And it’s absolutely magical. Why is it magical? Well I’m glad you asked. You, sir or madam, quite possibly from thousands of miles away, are...
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On the versatility of language, as explained via rambling detour –
The ‘ambiguous object’ from the cover of Hofstader’s ‘Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid.’ The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that language determines the way we think. If this is true then...
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So I’m fluent in the language
“Language fluency. It’s all about nuances! And pile-driving.” I’m asked sometimes if I’m fluent in Swedish. If the question comes from a person who is never going to hear me speak the language, I...
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