Retained in translation
What comes across, and doesn’t, when we change languages.
Articles Tagged with language
Searching for a word
At the source
There are many things we should already have read. Sometimes we get around to reading them.
Brave new world words
Just like it sounds
Reforming English spelling?
Learning how to spell in English is difficult. Reforming the system would be harder.
Reading the script
School subjects
The purpose of classes
School is a different environment from the rest of life. This is not always a good thing.
Ideal lies
Why learn something that isn’t true?
As we progress in school, the lessons get more difficult and complicated. Sometimes they’re difficult because we have to unlearn things.
The colors of your mind
Science fiction and verb conjugations
Past, present and future are not enough
Science fiction writers imagine whole new universes and explore their possibilities, as we’ve mentioned before. Perhaps they need to think about the changes in language that go along with them.