Sword-Sword and Axe-Axe
There is an effect familiar to everyone: take an interest in some subject, and it…
Prometeus
This category is about languages.
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Of Wine, Myriads, and Ten Thousand Scorpions
Drinking a glass of wine from Taman—the peninsula that pokes out of the Russian coast…
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Brevity Is the Soul of Wit
There is an old and thoroughly disreputable way of learning a language, and I recommend…
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He That Would Eat the Bread Must Crack the Lion
I came across a Turkish proverb in my textbook today, mentioned it to somebody, and…
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Habemus vinum!
I bought this bottle a week and a half ago at a vineyard bearing the…
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Rhyton and Rhythm
We continue our progress through the rooms of the Van Museum. After the accountancy toys…
