Nuannaarpoq
Can a word change a life? This Eskimo word changed mine and made me curious about a people who could...
All languages, all accents
Steinbeck sums up the polyglot strengths and quirks of his friend Robert Capa with whom he spent a month in...
Quviannikumut
A glorious Eskimo word for feeling deeply happy - I wish you many moments of quviannikumut.
'Sitting high on a...
Dead languages or dormant minds?
There are some marvelous characters in The Shadow of the Wind, several of them highly opinionated and articulate orators, who...
Shqip-speaking Atticans
Intrigued by this curious linguistic geographic cocktail, I have learned that Shqip is Albanian and Sfax is a city in...
Upirnaagiit
An Eskimo term for early Western visitors. As ships came in the spring the better to explore and exploit to...
How to read a book in a language you don’t know (I)
When Luiz went to Brazil recently, I gave him a copy of a Caroline story for his two great-nieces. Most...
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