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Kiddie-mail

Our farm is overrun with kids. So much so that I rarely talk to my sister-in-law, even though her home is attached ours and we share a veranda. It’s not what you think. See, before there was e-mail and voicemail there were kids. Need to grab that thing over there? Send a kid. Need to …

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Category: Comedic, NostalgiaTag: culture, family, kiddie-mail, portañol

Rorschach

(This post was published accidentally about a week ago before it was complete.  The mistake was quickly corrected, but some people got a 404 error as a result.  Sorry for the confusion!  Here it is in its finished state.) Without language, we strip human interaction down to it’s most basic. I find I learn a lot …

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Category: Comedic, Nostalgia, PhilosophyTag: first impressions, language, portañol

Word Jumble

At seven months of living in Brazil, my languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese) are still a bit of a mash-up. It’s a wonder that I manage to communicate at all. Portañol will only get you so far. It’s as if someone up there with a devilish sense of humor cross-wired these languages on purpose. In Portuguese …

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Category: Comedic, NostalgiaTag: culture-shock, portañol, portuguese translations

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