Although Spanish and English are both Latin-based languages, you realize when you are living in a Spanish-speaking culture that we Americans use about 1% of our available vocabulary and we use that vocabulary in the least poetic and lyrical fashion possible.
I notice this most at social events when we are saying goodbye. Farewells are [...]
Our experiences with store credit illustrate that context is king when it comes to language comprehension.
For instance, Tom and I were buying a USB cable for around $15-$20 US when the store clerks asked us something that I didn’t understand. After a big group discussion, with nearly everyone in the store [...]
[Even though my name is in the title of this blog, I realize that this is quickly becoming the micheleandmichele.com show around here. I'll have to work on making regular appearances, though keeping up with my wife's torrid blogging pace may be out of the question.]
We’re off to Argentina for a year, and I [...]
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