Being a linguist—and someone who has tried to learn several languages (including English) in addition to my mother tongue (Flemish Dutch)—I have an annoying habit: instead of paying attention to what ...
The English language is rich with phrases borrowed from other tongues. Latin, French, Spanish and German all lend a hand to the English spoken throughout the world, but Irish (or Hiberno-English) has ...
Language has various ways of expressing things through vivid imagery captured creatively by idioms. “Frog in my throat” is ...
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