Silly Language Overview: English
There are many many awesome resources out there for either learning languages or simply getting an overview of them. This video is not one of those resources. Here at Silly Linguistics we like to take a rather more silly approach to things. With that said, here is “Silly Language Overview: English”.
The Grammarphobia Blog: Why don’t “laughter” and “daughter” rhyme?
The Grammarphobia Blog: Why don’t “laughter” and “daughter” rhyme? Source: www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2009/01/laughter-daughter.html What’s very interesting about language is how they change over time. Words that used to rhyme no longer rhyme, and words that didn’t rhyme before now rhyme. This is the case with laughter and daughter. Sounds can change over time and affect different […]
How similar are Japanese and Korean?
Japanese and Korean share many features, such as a similar linguistic typology. They are both agglutinative languages, but Japanese displays some fusional aspects and they both have complex politeness systems. They are very similar in a lot of ways which is why some people think they may have once been mutually intelligible, or at least […]
Oh, how hard it is to speak Spanish!
Spanish is a very useful language to learn, especially if you want to travel in South America. The only slight problem you will run into is that some words that are perfectly harmless in one place will become a slur or insult in another. So if you plan to travel around South America, make sure […]
Funny Spanish Sayings
Expressions in other languages are always fun to learn. They are often very different to expressions you know in your own language. I found this fun video about Spanish expressions, so I decided to find some more. Tener la cola sucia This means you did something wrong. It literally means “to have a dirty tail” […]
Blast from the past: New language system of Gandhara civilisation discovered – The Express Tribune
Blast from the past: New language system of Gandhara civilisation discovered – The Express Tribune Little evidence about 64 languages of ancient heritage has been unearthed in past Source: tribune.com.pk/story/1032965/blast-from-the-past-new-language-system-of-gandhara-civilisation-discovered/ It’s always cool when we find new languages. Finding, decoding and learning older languages is an essential in the quest to understand the past. […]
