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The Story of English, by Robert McCrum, Robert MacNeil & William Cran
All languages are fascinating. That much is quite obvious for anyone who has ever stopped and thought about it for a second. With a relatively small quantity of sounds – 44 in English, 36 in French – or small curvy lines on a piece of paper (or screen, in this case), we can communicate anything.…
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Fluent Forever : How to Learn any Language Fast and Never Forget It, by Gabriel Wyner
For the past year or so, I’ve been learning Greek through a couple of apps on my phone. Why Greek? For one, part of my DNA is actually from that region of the world – through my father and his mother. Two, I’ve always loved etymology and it’s actually one of the tools we use…
I Read Many Things 