Monthly Archive: June 2017
The Lexplorers are always on the lookout for public multilingual displays, such as the neighborly and friendly signs that have been popping up in the area. At the local playground last week, I was...
Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages by Ammon Shea Lexplorers rating: 6.5/10 Amazon.com average customer rating: 4.2/5 I have been on a bit of a lexicography kick lately, starting with some...
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper Lexplorers rating: 9.75/10 Amazon.com average customer rating: 4.8/5 I will happily and proudly admit that I love dictionaries. I have several bookshelves full of...
One of the joys, and also challenges, of being a Lexplorer is that there is an endless supply of interesting language topics to learn about. While I have been trying to make steady progress...
Living Language is one of the big names in independent-study language courses. When I started studying German many years ago, I spent an entire summer with the Living Language German course. It was divided...
In Episode 3 of the Lexplorers podcast, Yvette joins us from Taipei. She talks about growing up in the Philippines speaking Fukienese, Filipino, and English. She shares her experience of returning to the...