puns

Linguist Pick-up Lines

tXc · 28th July 2019 · Mysteria Linguarum · 1 Comment

Déformation professionnelle at work. You can take the linguist out to flirt, but you can’t take the linguistics out of the flirtation.
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Latin Lessons & the Roman Empire

tXc · 23rd September 2018 · Mysteria Linguarum · 1 Comment

Did I ever tell you that Latin is one of my top 5 favorite languages? That’s right. I took Latin back in high-school. We studied the language, learnt about their culture and read Caesar’s Gallic Wars. Sometimes my mind would wander off to things that may or may not have happened during the Roman Empire…

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The Glowing Pear

tXc · 28th January 2018 · Mysteria Linguarum · 0 Comments

Today in “German compounds made easy” we have the Glühbirne, because who needs lightbulbs when you can have glowing pears? Expat Gone Foreign, tXc, German compounds, Glühbirne, Glowing pear, Lightbulb

The Magic of Cognates

tXc · 3rd December 2017 · Mysteria Linguarum · 0 Comments

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Life is too short

tXc · 16th July 2017 · Mysteria Linguarum · 0 Comments

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