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Days of the week in European languages: where did they come from?
As a translator and linguist, languages are fascinating to me. I enjoy comparing words in languages and seeing the similarities and differences. When it comes to abstract things, I find it interesting to look at the meanings of words and their etymology (the history of where words came from) to see why we call things…
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Puns – Watt is Love? Baby don’t Hertz me, don’t Hertz me, no Morse
A pun is a joke that exploits the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings. Puns are rife in languages that have words called homophones, or multiple words that have the same or similar pronunciation but have different meanings. English is rife with…
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English As She Is Spoke
(This post was inspired by a from Curiosity on English As She Is Spoke. This post is not sponsored by anyone, although it may read that way. Who knows, maybe that will change in the future! *hint, hint*) Hello everyone! So I have been doing a lot of posting on travelling (and some on language…
