Language — Entidade

theguardian.com·há 1 dia

A moment that changed me: My stammer made life a misery – then a song gave me back my voice

As a teenager, I was so ashamed of my speech disability that even my family didn’t know about it. When Scatman John came on the radio, celebrating his own stammer in a hit about self-esteem, I knew I

faroutliers.blogspot.com·há 3 dias

Manila in Global Trade, 1600s

From The Making of the Modern Philippines: Pieces of a Jigsaw State, by Philip Bowring (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022), Kindle pp. 25-26:Despite the best intentions of some Spanish officials and priests,

faroutliers.blogspot.com·há 4 dias

Modern Philippines: A Jigsaw

From The Making of the Modern Philippines: Pieces of a Jigsaw State, by Philip Bowring (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022), Kindle pp. 1-3:In March 1521 three ships under Ferdinand Magellan (Magalhaes/Magalla

faroutliers.blogspot.com·há 5 dias

Małgorzata Rejmer's Book Bukareszt

This week's newsletter from Culture.pl contains some articles about Polish connections with Romania. Here are some excerpts from an article by Mikołaj Gliński titled "Everyone Remembers Their Own Past

france24.com·há 8 dias

Tibet fears erosion of cultural identity under new Chinese Ethnic Unity Law

In July, China implemented a new Ethnic Unity Law, which aims to strengthen patriotism across all regions of the country, including those populated by peoples who are not part of China's dominant Han…

theguardian.com·há 10 dias

New Zealand legislation making English an official language ridiculed as ‘pathetic’

Passing of bill gives English same status as Māori and sign language but, with it already spoken by 95% of country, critics call it ‘a pointless exercise’Legislation recognising English as an official

faroutliers.blogspot.com·há 15 dias

Forster's About the Breadfruit

From The Traveler: One Man's Quest for Humanity from the South Seas to Revolutionary Paris, by Andrea Wulf (Knopf, 2026), Kindle pp. 276-278, 282-283:‘I would be far more useful to the world if I were

faroutliers.blogspot.com·há 16 dias

Forster's A Voyage Round the World

From The Traveler: One Man's Quest for Humanity from the South Seas to Revolutionary Paris, by Andrea Wulf (Knopf, 2026), Kindle pp. 229-231:By the end of 1776, less than four months after he had writ