Tag Archives: Language
WTDT 2: Glove-Wearing-Thrower-Of-Snowballs
Or to put it more concisely: Handschuhschneeballwerfer. Let’s lighten the tone a little this time, WTDT1 was a little heavy in the emotional stakes. This is a German word, and it’s a composite – made up of several words. Hand … Continue reading
WTDT 1: You Bury Me
Well, why not start with a classic? This is the most iconic ‘no translation’ word I know of. It’s an Arabic word, pronounced variously ‘ya’aburnee’, ‘te’eburnee’ and ‘teq-burnee’ according to dialect, and it’s very, very romantic. Literally, it means may it (you) bury me. It … Continue reading
1,000 Views!
I’ve been watching the ‘total views’ counter for a few weeks now with fingers crossed, and today, it finally happened – 1,000 views! It’s a total that wouldn’t have happened if you didn’t all stop by so thank you so … Continue reading
Horizons, What Horizons?
All I was trying to do was look up a Russian instrument. Really. Next thing I know, I’m speaking French. It went like this: I threw it into Google with the full expectation of a wiki page, and um, no. Nada. … Continue reading
Discovering Goethe
(I reference some music and poems in this post. If you’re interested in hearing that music, there are YouTube links at the end of the post.) Few people symbolise great literature quite so completely as Goethe. Like plays = Shakespeare … Continue reading
Languages? Oh yeah, that’s why!
Protasis Let’s face it, we all have days when we know there’s an English translation available… Or when we know that if we just wiki’d the plot in English things would be so much easier… Or when the biggest culture-story … Continue reading
The Journey Continues: The Disappearing Declension
Protasis Let’s set the scene: It was a cold and rainy evening, and Bast was busy writing Greek. (Aside by the author: I know, she’s sad.) Suddenly, she noticed that where Latin had five declensions, Greek and German had only … Continue reading
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