#lingnerd

The Scrap Bowl #scrapple #linguistics @americandialect #applescrapplefest #justsayin

Early last year, we visited Cesky Krumlov.  While perusing the menu at Krcma v Satlavske Ulici (which I totally recommend), I noticed an item whose translation was scrap bowl.  I thought, hells yeah, I’ll eat a bowl of scrap meat any day!  So I ordered it.     The Scrap Bowl   When the appetizer arrived, it was basically a bowl of loose chunks of scrapple that hadn’t been congealed.  (By the way:…

Just checking out the #SearchTerms that bring people to Karilogue #blog #haha

I only notice which search terms bring people to karilogue if I happen to glance at that area of the dashboard. Every time I do, though, it cracks me up. Kinder eggs continue to bring more people to the blog than any other search term. There have been 177 combinations of kinder egg and/or kinder joy search terms, in multiple languages including Arabic script. Most sought to learn if they were…

Indifferent toward the Different #expatparenting #expatlife #travel

One of my absolute favorite byproducts of my child living in Europe is that she is comfortable among different languages, nationalities, and environments. She is not fearful of different. Everyone is different, and different is not bad; different is just interesting. Right now, she is watching an animated movie in French. When I was helping her select a channel, I paused, realized it was in…

They Speak My #Language! #expatproblems #homesick #linguistics #languageattitudes

I have always prided myself on my use of foreign languages whenever possible. I made a career out of language use. My foreign language abilities range from fluency to travel-capable in a respectable number of languages. Truly, I Love Language. But an overheard conversation this week, in conjunction with comments made by my husband in August, made me sit back and think about how the use of foreign…