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English: The Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), California. Français : Aéroport de Santa Barbara, en Californie (États-Unis). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Visual Description: Trouble getting to the terminal.… more →

Unclerave's Wordy Weblog

Replacing native for a second-rate brand of English?

G wrote 7 minutes ago: “My private tragedy, which cannot, and indeed should not, be anybody’s concern, is that I had … more →

Tags: Cultures, linguistic musings, Literature, bilingual, Books, Decisions, FeeL, Native, translation

Generals and soldiers

Jeff Nguyen wrote 32 minutes ago: “I would like to raise my children to grow to be soldiers But then the general would decide wh … more →

Tags: Social Justice, activism, Civil Rights, Culture, hip-hop, Human Rights, Immortal technique, Literature, Music

Crossword Puzzle

Marso wrote 39 minutes ago: Her memory doesn’t fit into memoir. It falls apart into clues— puzzle lines— words— that intersect y … more →

Tags: Memory, Poetry from "Memory, Knowing, Belonging", Cognitive, Communication, Crossword, Crossword Puzzle, forgetting, Loss, memory

Jumble Spoiler - 05/24/13

unclerave wrote 53 minutes ago: English: The Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), California. Français : Aéroport de Santa Barbara, en Calif … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Games, Daily Jumble, jumble solution, laipam, Puzzles, tohot, Word Games

Cryptoquote Spoiler - 05/24/13

unclerave wrote 1 hour ago: Josh Billings (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Games, codes, cryptogram, cryptoquote, Josh Billings, Puzzles, Quotes

Self Created Nicknames of Lameness

dimensionthe5th wrote 2 hours ago: So today, I misheard lyrics to a song that my son was singing. I swear that I heard Grilled Cheese N … more →

Tags: cat, facebook, fads, fandom, HBO, Home, People, Random, Recreation

Video // Stephen Fry on Language

Hammo wrote 2 hours ago: … more →

Tags: fun stuff, Stephen Fry, Video

the KINGS ARMS

Amazing Ampersand wrote 2 hours ago: It is a little-known fact that actual gold apostrophes are illegal in the United Kingdom, leading to … more →

Tags: apostrophe, Humor, punctuation, Signs, UK, grumpy man, pub, Sign

Tecate takes a holiday

chirose wrote 2 hours ago: Since this is a long three day weekend celebrating Memorial Day – I thought I would give Tecat … more →

Tags: bacardi, Beer, Cultural, Cultural differences, Expat, Foreign, Holiday, Humor, Living Abroad

What if Products Could Talk and We Could Translate Animal Sounds?

Tom Meston wrote 2 hours ago: What if products could sell themselves? Like, LITERALLY sell themselves. Just build the selling proc … more →

Tags: Animal language, Products, Selling

Dyspeptopia

molloy0708 wrote 2 hours ago: … more →

Tags: Self, Buddhism, West Virginia, dyspeptic, dyspepsia, anxiety, Questions, Web Comic, chaos

Membuat Pupuh Ginanti

ardeLiaini ~ ΛNJ wrote 3 hours ago: Contoh Pupuh Ginanti contoh pupuh Ginanti. ini untuk pelajaran Bahasa Bali dalam rangka membuat Pupu … more →

Tags: school life, Balinese

Nudge Idea: Reinforce foreign language vocabulary with (almost) no effort

cchung90 wrote 3 hours ago: Okay, in a previous blog post, I described the concept of nudges, in which you can reap large benefi … more →

Tags: innovations in learning, The Human Mind and Psychology, Foreign Language, Language Learning, Nudge, translation

Words Matter: How Language Shapes the World

The Syncretic Aesthetic wrote 3 hours ago: A world created by the poets: this is a world rarely imagined in the history of ideas. Cast off your … more →

Tags: Culture, literature, theory, Culture 2, Friedrich Nietzsche, Giambattista Vico, history of ideas, Humanities, Literature