We are strangely lacking in middling terms – words to describe with some precision the middle ground between hard and soft, near and far,...

It’s a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water. Franklin P. Jones (via speculativegrammarian)...

I wasn’t going to write a new one this year. But… Be kind to yourself in the year ahead. Remember to forgive yourself, and to forgive...

thelandofmaps: How to wish someone a happy new year in German

I believe we have to tell people that learning another language is actually an adventure. It is tough, it needs work, but what it will do...

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), Austrian born philosopher. (via oupacademic)...

Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people...