‘Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind’
An excellent TED talk by Wade Davis on endangered languages and the ethnosphere. National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world’s indigenous cultures, disappearing from the … Continue reading
Speaking in tongues and other experiments
Friends, you may have noticed the frequency of posts is now every few days (rather than a few per day!) and this will likely continue to be so for the … Continue reading
A Beautiful Motto
In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas Latin for “Unity in necessary things; liberty in doubtful things; charity in all things” or, alternatively with syntax more closely aligned; … Continue reading
Persian words in English
Following on from Arabic Words in English, I thought I’d post a similar select listing of Persian loanwords in English. Ever interested in etymology, I note that a few of … Continue reading
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