Ser catalá és treballar dur i amb les idees clares
Being Catalan apparently means working hard without thinking very much, but where does that leave us?
Category: Languages
Biblioteca Virtual de la Filología Española
Why I’ll probably be sticking with the Biblioteca Virtual del Señor Licenciado Pero Pérez.
The Arabs say خروÙ, the Catalans say ovella, the Chinese say 羊, but the Spanish apparently say Ovis orientalis aries
Can something be done about the nutters who use scientific rather than common names for Wikipedia articles, or is it time to call the whole thing off?
Spain and the correct relationship between man and dog
Away with those canine metaphors! More Cela in translation!
Alboraya Council’s tinker books
Modifications to Slovak language law
Josep Huguet, José Millán Astray and the death of intelligence
With a sublime little parody of romantic nationalism from Camilo José Cela, who has his own particular view of this bothersome culture vs civilisation thing.
Call me Trebots
A rather nice example of apocopation and suffixation in Catalan Spanish.
¡Tú imitas tan bien a los animales! ¿No serás … aztor?
A phonological curiosity from coastal Cantabria, with speculation as to the supernatural powers of María Teresa Fernández de la Vega.
Bikini vs vikini
Spelling controversies to overtake music/games/dating/porn as biggest online revenue generator?