A Universal Lament
Laugh if you like, but I have watched Wednesday—the Tim Burton series about the Addams…
Turkish
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The Word Shapes the World
Learning Turkish goes on rewarding me with marvellous revelations. The latest unit of the textbook…
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Sword-Sword and Axe-Axe
There is an effect familiar to everyone: take an interest in some subject, and it…
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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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A Spoonful Closer to Home
Today Türkiye marks the Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day. They do rather like…
