#language
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Grand Finale
When Bob Hund walked on stage at Zinkensdamm , I knew in my bones it was the last time. I wish I were wrong, but I don’t think I am.
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Fast and Loose
When a language isn’t native to you, you often infuse it with your own private nuances and associations.
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How Not To (and Just Possibly How To) Study Japanese
Coming at a language as an outsider isn’t always a disadvantage. What first feels like an insurmountable barrier can become a vantage point.
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Consistency is Key
The hardest part of learning a language like Japanese isn’t what you’d expect.
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Canon Good
Swedes like to say that something is “kanonbra”, or about a formidable person that they are simply “kanon”.
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Quarks, Gluons & Jabberwocks : On Aptonyms and Nonce Words
It’s a very human tendency to conflate representations with reality. We are, after all, symbol-processing machines.