Language
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It’s all about poetic swimmers
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« I am a philosopher, and philosophers do not often like to use big words. »
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Talk Proto-Indo-European to me, darling
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*wīrós (man), *h₁ék̂wōs (horse), *gwéneh₂ (woman)
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My tongue is Simón Bolívar’s wet dream
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My boyfriend had colombianized my Mexican. But my friends had also argentinized it, chileanized it, venezuelized it, ecuadorized it.
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One last round | Son bir şansThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
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English or Turkish? Tipsy or çakırkeyf? A letter to a bi-lingual editor
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Letters from PersepolisThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
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On the ruined city’s pilgrims & decoders
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Animal gameThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
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A story about family. « ‘A woman of few words,’ he smiled. ‘How refreshing.’ »
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CannibalinguisticsThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
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Language-learning and people-eating in Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi’s The Centre.
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Europe disenchantedThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
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A broad cast of characters who almost all speak to a solitary woe. This is Europe?
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« My ghost, we do no batshit »This article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
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On the untranslatability of Ukrainian jokes
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Beamer, Dressman, Bodybag
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On the unexpected joys of Denglisch, Berlinglish & global Englisch. « My own language, made camp. »
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The pulverization of memoryThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
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Write your memoir in a hostile tongue. On Marina Jarre, from Latvia to Italy and back.
