Changing Chinese Names
As I have brought up on this site before, one of the things I most appreciate about the English language is the amount of creativity speakers have due to the
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May 7, 2009
Cinco de Mayo: Mexico’s Biggest Export
Today is a day worth remembering for a variety of reasons, both contemporary and historical. Today’s date, the infamous “cinco de mayo,” has become quite a notorious and popular occasion
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May 5, 2009
The Extension of the Period and Links Between Sentences
The custom in English today of having expository clarity give precedence to short sentences that are separated by periods, whereas in Spanish the are considered as subordinate elements within a
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April 30, 2009
The Chinese Language, Numbers, and Ability in Math
I have already brought up the idea of how the language you speak can shape you mind, and it is a topic that continues to add layers of depth and
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April 30, 2009
The Use of the Article in English and Spanish
In English, unlike Spanish, uses the indefinite article before the generic predicate. The article plays its essential role, which is to singularize an object among the class designated by the
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April 29, 2009
UAE Translating their Laws to English
In an effort to make its relationship with non-Arabic countries more transparent and friendly, the United Arab Emirates (officially consolidated as a nation in 1971) is working on translating all
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April 28, 2009
Social Register: Say What?
When we communicate, we give away more about ourselves than we imagine: through our choice of words, through the way we pronounce them, and through the general references that we
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April 28, 2009
More Symbology: Arabic
Arabic is a macrolanguage of the Semitic family, as are Aramaic, Hebrew, Acadian, and Maltese. It is the oldest of the Semitic languages, which is to say the closest to
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April 28, 2009
Languages with Symbols: Chinese
Chinese is one of the languages with the most native speakers in the world (1.2 billion people). It is spoken in China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia.Chinese can either
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April 28, 2009
Commas in English and Spanish
In English, we generally use a comma in front of the conjunctions “and” and “or”. The structures in English allow for us to skip the comma when working with other
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April 20, 2009
A Beginning…Cuneiform
Though spoken language has been in existence for tens of thousands of years, it was not until the end of the fourth millennium before the common era—according to the best
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April 17, 2009
Esperanto: a Language with a Good Cause
Esperanto is the international language created by Polish doctor Ludwik Zamenhof so that all people might be able to communicate with each other on an equal footing. He published a
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April 17, 2009