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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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Cheerio for Now
First of all, thanks so much for reading the blog and listening to the podcast this season, and the previous one too! It’s been so much fun to give myself writing and creative challenges. And so gratifying to hear your positive comments, and indeed constructive criticism. For those of you who I don’t know but Continue reading
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Ñ- Añoranza
Un Cuento Cortito. An English translation comes after. All my posts this season are “inspired by” a letter of the alphabet! Añoraba el mar. Añoraba la calma que le envolvía al escuchar las olas besando a las piedrecitas de la orilla. Aquí, todo era calma, hasta el punto del aburrimiento a menudo, y otras veces Continue reading
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Cheerio ’til the Autumn!
Summer is nearly upon us. Whether or not you have holidays coming up, Summer is Coming. Probably with Red Walkers rather than white ones. Red from the sun I mean. If that wasn’t clear. And if you haven’t seen Game of Thrones, apologies again. Anyway, that’s unimportant. Moving on. What I did want to say Continue reading
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Debut
A micro story Debut is a micro-story which I wrote in Spanish for a competition with the theme of local trains, in 100 words. Needless to say, I didn’t win. So I thought I’d publish it here, in the original Spanish and translated into English. I hope you like it. Al subir, veo solo piernas Continue reading
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Cuentos cortos en español/Short Stories in English!
ENGLISH I now have three short books available to buy in digital format, and am hoping to have them in paper format before long. They’re available in the Kobo store to buy and you can read them on the Kobo app for android, iOs and desktop, as well as the Kobo ereader. In the links Continue reading
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