Objective Language
This thread has been split off from another topic and my post that follows was in response to a response to my remark that I neither read nor speak French. Here, I was making the point that if someone...
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Free Online Etymology Dictionaries?
Hi all. Does anyone know of a decent etymology dictionary online? I found this site below but it seems "off" and lacking in detail when for instance looking up the word "pity". I would had hoping it...
View ArticleWas it actually a Hyena in this early Sumerian Proverb?
I did this work this morning, partly out of a request in the new kids forum for me to be active in the Linguistics arena, and partly out of a question in that same forum about how translations are...
View ArticleReverse Speech Discussion
Anybody have an opinion or thoughts on the subject? Here's what little that I know: I'm posting this as one that is admittedly deficient in enough knowledge or data to have an informed opinion. I'm...
View ArticleLanguage Evolution
If there is anyone interesting in reading these papers on language evolution, let me know. I downloaded them while searching for something else and don't have the time to look into them. They may or...
View ArticleWhy French sounds so unlike other Romance languages
I thought this was an interesting video. I learned about French in high school and Spanish as an adult, and I always wondered how despite being Romance languages they had a number of differences in...
View ArticleRussian friends: Translation needed
My wife and I are visiting family this weekend and one of them has an artefact from Tsarist Russia which came with a certificate. He was showing us the item in question, a pocket watch, which to his...
View ArticleWhat's Your Name's Meaning??? Etymology and history of Names
We all carry names, nick names, some of us even pseudonyms, but what is the real meaning of some name, how it changed culturally, historically and linguistically, last but not the least why your...
View ArticleSession: Word Meanings, Definition by Alignment …
Hello everybody, good wishes upon everyone … I wanted to do a session on words, on what they mean to us, the other-serving part of society, and how that differs for the self-serving. Today we examine...
View ArticleDuolingo is great
I'm using the website/app Duolingo to learn Russian. It's really good and I just wanted to recommend it here for anyone who is thinking of learning a language. The browser version is completely free to...
View ArticleHelp: is every “Indo-European” family tree flat-out wrong?
I’ve recently found Cassiopaea blog when looking for relationships between Sanskrot and Russian, and I was quite blown away. To be straight to the point, I’d like your help in figuring out this likely...
View ArticleRomanian language not as we know it
For some time I was researching about what are the origins of Romanians and if truly it is a language that derived from latin. For a couple of years some scandals started to unsettle the historical...
View ArticleCarme Jiménez Huertas on Language
Hi everyone, Recently I finished about mental illness and while there's a lot in that book, one of the striking concepts personally was that our behavior/symptoms could be understood as a form of...
View ArticleArmenian Origins Of Basque and Etruscan?
I finished recently Armenian Origins of Basque: The Linguistic Verdict by Vahan Setyan and found it quite intriguing. So here are some excerpts: By the end of the 19th century the English linguist...
View ArticleDeep connection between Sanskrit and Russian languages?
Recently I was reading a couple of books about Russian linguistics and the authors kept mentioning the book India & Russia - Linguistic & Cultural Affinity (Chandigarh, India: Roma...
View ArticleThe Phrase Finder-Meanings and Origins of Phrases, Sayings and Idioms
_http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/index.html The Phrase Finder (Meanings and Origins of Phrases, Sayings and Idioms) A collection of 1,500, fully researched phrase and saying origins, which you can...
View ArticleLearning a new language: how to go about it?
I was a language teacher for a couple of years and I am thinking of going back to teaching individuals or small groups by Skype for instance or in person. At school you learn your grammar and your...
View ArticleGood writing style as defined by George Orwell
George Orwell is best known for his novels, but he was also an essayist. One such essay is about writing and it is called Politics and the English Language (follow the link for the raw text of the...
View ArticleLanguage, Sounds and Intelligent Design
I made a series of videos for my YT channel a short while ago, and I'd like to share them here. To my surprise, recently some of you have written to say you were interested and to ask questions, so...
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