Tag: Word

Despite some similar vocabulary, Spanish and English aren’t closely related languages. Spanish is a Romance language that came from Latin. English, on the other hand, is a Germanic language and is more closely related to Dutch or German than it is Spanish. The fact that English and Spanish ...

The movie’s main character, Dr. Louise Banks, a professor of linguistics, is confronted by US Army Colonel Weber to do some alien translations but is rejected when Dr. Banks tells the Colonel she’ll need to interact with the aliens to gain any real information. At this, the Colonel leave...

In this episode of Word Connections, we look at the words we use to identify the principal meals of the day, and how these words have changed over time. Furthermore, we examine why each of the meals was given its particular name. In addition to examining the English words, we also look els...

When the words “left” and “right” are presented as a pair, we immediately think of their meanings as opposites — two opposite directions, or two opposite sides of a person or object. For example, we may think of turning left versus turning right. Or we may think of the ...

What is R: R language is widely used among statisticians and data miners for developing data analysis software. What is R Markdown : R Markdown is a tool designed to help create reproducible, dynamic reports with R. An R Markdown document is written in markdown (an easy-to-write plain t...

People who have loved ones that suffer from problematic drug use are in enough pain as it is. They don’t need an armchair parent or friend sitting on the sidelines warning them against the evils of enabling. Don’t get me wrong. I believe in having healthy boundaries and protecting o...

The Javanese account A local account of the disaster was captured in the Javanese book Panjeblugipun Redi Kelut (The Eruption of Mount Kelut) by Dayawiyata and Yudakusuma. It was written 40 days after the event. I read it in 2018. The book on Panjeblugipun Redi Kelut. Cover&...

It happens all too often in activist circles: someone is telling about their experience of having a traditionally oppressed identity, or, during a webinar, a facilitator uses a phrase that may be new to the person hearing it. “Excuse me,” you’ll here, “Are those really the...