!نوروز سال ۱۳۹۶ مبارک (Happy New Year 1396!)
Last Monday was the first day of Spring. Officially known as the Vernal Equinox, from the Latin vernālis (“pertaining to the spring”) and aequus (“equal”) + nox (“night”), the first day of Spring also...
Last Monday was the first day of Spring. Officially known as the Vernal Equinox, from the Latin vernālis (“pertaining to the spring”) and aequus (“equal”) + nox (“night”), the first day of Spring also...
In the early weeks of the Couch to Korean Challenge, I have been focusing exclusively on evaluating Korean resources and on learning the fundamentals of the Korean writing and sound systems. This has been...
In Episode 2 of the Lexplorers podcast, we talk with John about how his decision to take a German class in Munich changed his life in a very unexpected way and ultimately led him...
We recently spent time in two different American towns named Belmont, and that got us thinking about the origin of the name Belmont and its presence in many places across the US. So today...
With the writing system well in hand, the next goal in the Couch to Korean Challenge is to practice and master the sounds and sound system of Korean. The Good Fortunately, there is a...
Walking through a nearby neighborhood in Cambridge MA, I often pass Thingvalla Avenue, and I have been curious about the origin of the name. Thingvalla is not a traditional English-sounding name, and it stands...
The library books are due this week, so I need to decide which are worth renewing and which I should return. This is a good time to summarize the resources I have found useful...
In my first post about the Hangul writing system, I touched on the history of Hangul and the linguistic motivation for the characters. For example, the Hangul consonant characters were designed to indicate the...