Linguistics
For a linguist like myself, one of the most revealing–and often most humorous–aspects of any language are those little idiosyncratic aberrations referred to as adages, aphorisms, and idioms*. I’m sure you know what I’m referring […]
For a linguist like myself, one of the most revealing–and often most humorous–aspects of any language are those little idiosyncratic aberrations referred to as adages, aphorisms, and idioms*. I’m sure you know what I’m referring […]
A story left to us by the famous Roman historian Livy, tells of a man known only as Ishmael who in the year 4 CE traveled the Near East showcasing an astonishing mule he’d discovered […]
Wood yew? I’m knot that board. Butt, Gingerwood. Ahhh . . . already popped yew’r knothole, huh? Could bee I like my studs aged. Hey, I’m knot that green! Too soft to split oak, I […]