Language changes us.
Falar (Portuguese) doesn’t mean Hablar (Spanish) doesn’t mean Parler (French) doesn’t mean Spracher (German) doesn’t mean To Speak in English. They’re approximates, sure, but they’re not the same. Translation doesn’t do the sense of the words any justice. In English, we place the action of pleasure on the one receiving, saying [...]
When we distort our language, we may distort our thinking, and we hamper our efforts to find solutions to the grave problems we face…
George Shultz
Terrorism and the Modern World
October 25,1984
United States Department of State
Bureau of Public Affairs
Washington, D.C.
This is a fascinating speech on terrorism (and the modern world), given by Secretary of State George Schultz [...]
I find that the details add up toM a greater picture. A few details from my life, for you:
“when my life is over!!”
Was talking with my apartment-mate, Charlene (19, blond, from Florida and now from Washington, DC), and she was telling me about an ex-boyfriend she’s still good friends with, “the kind of guy,” [...]
Kylie (below) was talking about this yesterday, and I just had to share:
When you’re navigating in a second language (she said), one tends to focus so much on what is being said, that it’s hard to say much about who is saying it, or why - i.e., if someone’s really sarcastic (or funny, or self-conscious, [...]
… J (my host brother) is terribly, terribly hot when he speaks English. It’s almost irritating (!)
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I told him he has a “buen accento” and left it at that…
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… also i have a date tomorrow (with a redheaded Argentine), so wish me luck!!!
Vocab: subte (m.) - subway (said soup-tay)
Interesting today:
A woman on the street asked me for the time, and a man on the subte asked me for directions. I think i’m starting to look a bit like native. … maybe it’s the skirts (?!?!)
On the subte, there was this shouting match - some [...]
vocab: durazno (m.) See below…
Notable:
Pretty much every street in this city seems to be one way. This becomes important. Also see below.
So today I woke up at 7:30. Then I woke up at 10 after 8, and got out of bed. Barefooted out to the kitchen (gray stone floor, 1″ black [...]
Aunt Linda has requested that I add in a few Spanish vocabulary words, so here’s one: rascacielos - “skyscraper” (or, “skyscrapers,” plural. Masculine). I was out at the very nice apartment of the uncle of a friend of a friends’ last night. We sat on the balcony after some pizza and watched the clouds [...]
Hi all. I’m sitting on my bed in a forth-floor apartment in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the first day of 2007. It’s 35.3 degrees but feels like 41. That’s celcius. It’s 95.6 degrees farenheight here, and it feels like 105.8. So says the television, although I haven’t actually gone outside today.That’s been the hardest thing to [...]
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