Nihil perditum
There is a serious dearth of latinamerican people in my surroundings and I seldom meet any anymore here in my neck of the woods or right smack in the middle of nothingness. I traverse the quotidian as I go about my routine and rut and if by perchance I…
Read Moreel séptimo
Septiembre llega con muchas cosas celestiales que no comprendo. Hay fases lunares y planetas de por medio y hasta un objeto dirigiéndose hacia nosotros. La humanidad se comporta como siempre, ensimismada. Ni quién pele a los de arriba. Algunos, como…
Read Morenon possumus esse certi de exauditione
I’ve lived in Sweden for well over 27 years now and my colleagues, right around these xmas seasons, still ask me how’s it like in México. Which I really don’t mind at all. I usually answer to the best of my abilities to which I, much to…
Read MoreMulti-Kulti
Esto del multiculturalismo en los altiplanicies de Suecia como que va a cuentagotas. O quizá sea así en todas partes del mundo en donde las poblaciones entre más chicas más resistentes son al influjo de lo “ajeno”. La gente es reacia. Se…
Read MoreSvenska med ADHD
Tycker det är ett stort problem med svenskan. Den förändras hela tiden, lite mer än vad man kanske bör man utsättas för. Den står inte stilla nämligen. Under mina 21 år som språkanvändare har jag lärt mig massa ord tillräcklig mycket för att kunna skriva…
Read MoreWeird cognates in Swedish
There is no doubt many languages bear the grunt of false friends or cognates and surely Swedish can be an entrapment of sorts when it comes to said dubious company as one traverses the landscape of Scandinavian languages and their codifications whatnot…
Read MoreII language acquisition
Sometimes my language students answer a question about language strategy with the idea that they got «lucky» if their results prove to be more favorable than they thought. But there is no such thing as getting «lucky» with language. It’s simply a…
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