Cunning Linguist
On the Origin of F*ck
Because this is intellectual and historical. And also a bit 12-year-old-giggly.
http://solongasitswords.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/on-the-origin-of-fuck/
Cunning Linguist
Cunning Linguist
Crossing Cultures
Born Again in a Second Language
Wow I sooooo get this! For me it wasn’t in writing, but in speaking….when I first started speaking German I felt like my personality had been completely removed and replaced by a tattered grammar book. Slowly I’ve managed to rebuild it again, but I have to say, it’s still not the same complete “me” that I am in English.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/born-again-in-a-second-language/
Crossing Cultures
Germans and Colors
This post via BoingBoing has everything I could want in one article — a discussion of linguistic and cultural differences between German and English, a sprinkling of medieval history, and beer:
Crossing Cultures
The Bi-Lingual Brain Advantage
Maybe I’m just glad to justify all my efforts to learn another language. Or maybe I’m glad to have scientific backing for my own observations I’ve written about in the Adventures in German series. Either way, this article totally confirms my own experience.
The findings suggest that after learning a second language, people never look at words the same way again.
“The Neural Advantage of Speaking 2 Languages” (Scientific American)