Mes: Agosto 2013

pornography is a word the French (pornographie) took from the Greek (pornographos), where it meant “depicting prostitutes” (-graphos “write” or “draw”). porno meant “prostitute” after…

In my Facebook, I used to tell little anecdotes from when I travel to a place where they speak a different language or dialect. Now…

This one won’t be about etymology. Let’s diversify our topics! Rather, let’s talk semantics. There’s an often cited mantra in linguistics that every language can…