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Posted on May 29, 2015
Pungent Shellfish: Cuba’s new specialty.
This was the menu for our “fancy” dinner on our honeymoon in Havana, Cuba in April. I rarely point out translation errors to restaurant staff, but this one was serious enough I decided to point it out. But they didn’t seem to care. Perhaps they didn’t grasp the meaning their bad translation was conveying.
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Posted on May 22, 2015
You’ve probably heard the joke:
A person who speaks two languages is bilingual. A person who speaks more than two languages is a polyglot. So what do you call a person who speaks just one language? Answer: An American.
The joke is funny because it contains an element of embarrassing truth.
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Introduction
language learning
portuguese
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Posted on May 7, 2015
Editor’s note: This article is also available in Spanish. Nota del editor: Este artícolo también está disponible en español. ¿Glosófilo? ¿Gloso-qué?
As I was thinking about launching this blog, I knew I would need to come up with name. I wanted something short. Something memorable. Something meaningful. I spent several days brainstorming with my wife and some friends, and we had come up with a few ideas.
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greek
Introduction
latin
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