Culture
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Spanish Polysemy and Homonyms
Describing a selection of polysemic words in Spanish, their roots and their similarities to English equivalents. As always, my fascination with roots of words threatens to overtake me! Espanglisher Blog: https://espanglisher.com Music: “Speakeasy” and “Skating Squirrels” by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com Continue reading
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Weird or Eccentric?
There are many adjectives in English which ostensibly mean the same thing, but have a negative or positive connotation, so it’s as well to be careful how you use them. So, if you were to describe someone as weird, it’s strange in a bad way. Curiously, the origin of the word is connected to fate, Continue reading
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Christmas Curiosities
Do you tell ghost stories at Christmas? What is the Roscón de Reyes? Why do we sing carols? And why, oh why, is there a figure doing his necessities in the Catalan Nativity?A few traditions of Christmas from Spain and England. Aquí una transcripción en español Espanglisher Blog: https://espanglisher.com Music: “Speakeasy” and “Skating Squirrels” by Continue reading
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Technology is all around (Part 2) Musings
I have scant experience of tech when it comes to our digital lifestyle and will admit to some of it baffling me, though when it comes to what we call technology in general, well, we all live with and benefit from it. It has so much potential, if it is not in the hands of… Continue reading
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Technology is all around (Part 2)
Have you ever blown a gasket? What do you do to switch off?A few interesting phrases coming from the world of tech… Espanglisher Blog: https://espanglisher.com Music: “Speakeasy” and “Skating Squirrels” by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com I’m off next week, back on the 12th! Continue reading
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Technology is all around: Notes on the interview
So this week on the podcast I talked to my good friend Christine about Technology. It has to be said that we’re no experts, but it was fun! After all, we all use technology, happily or un! Anyway, here are some phrases that cropped up which may be of interest. They’re highlighted in the Transcript, Continue reading
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Technology is all around
Are you a technophile or a technophobe? Do you consider a spoon a piece of tech?A lovely chat with my good friend Christine about some (not all) things tech. Espanglisher Blog: https://espanglisher.com Music: “Speakeasy” and “Skating Squirrels” by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com Continue reading
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Animal Verbs Solutions!
Do not read if you haven’t read Animal Verbs!! (14 November) For those of you who are not native speakers, and even for those who are, here are a few notes on the 16 animal verbs I used in the short story in Animal Verbs… Crane: Grulla A crane has a long, flexible neck, so Continue reading
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Animal Verbs
One curiosity of language, both in English and Spanish, and I’m sure in other languages, is the use of the names of animals as verbs. Gatear comes from gato: cat in Spanish, and it means to crawl, so to move around on four legs. Or in the case of humans, 2 arms and 2 knees. Continue reading
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