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Letter to American Language Learners

…ow many words are in the English language but instead found this wonderful example which illustrates the complexity of language. “There is no single sensible answer to this question. It’s impossible to count the number of words in a language, because it’s so hard to decide what actually counts as a word. Is dog one word, or two (a noun meaning ‘a kind of animal’, and a verb meaning ‘to follow persistently’)? If we count it as two, then do we count…

The World Is Changing: Trump, COVID, Crypto and the Internet.

…ut will change the world. Remember how Apple and Microsoft were just small computer companies? I bet there are very few reading this who does not interact with one of their devices on not just a daily but an hourly basis! Amazon was a small bookseller but has completely changed the way we buy products. Facebook was some online directory for college kids and now you couldn’t stop people from oversharing their pictures everyday! I lived through all…

Lord of the Rings and Europe

…nd hard to penetrate. Here are a few Wikipedia excerpts. 1. “Pomponius Mela[23] is the first author who says that the druids’ instruction was secret, and was carried on in caves and forests. Druidic lore consisted of a large number of verses learned by heart, and Caesar remarked that it could take up to twenty years to complete the course of study. 2. Roman reports of the druids mention ceremonies being held in sacred groves. La Tène Celts built t…

Did the WSJ get an idea from The Global Citizen?

…ty did the sitting. You would also have to decide if the sitting event was completed or not. If our ovoid hero sat on the wall for the entire time he was meant to, it would be a different form of the verb than if, say, he had a great fall.” Global Citizen: “I’m not sure if I can think of a super great example to demonstrate but I’ll give it a go.  I won’t use English/French/Spanish because they are too close on the linguistic tree.  Instead, let’s…

Great Immigration Debate

…cy are also Christians, it is my hope that their Christian values will overcome all the political posturing and flawed laws that are on the books.  If we ask ourselves truly “What would Jesus do?” I think many of us will already know the answer and have to reflect pretty deeply to overcome previously held opinions. This does not mean we cannot secure our borders or alleviate some of their other very reasonable concerns.  As it stands now, our immi…