Category Archives: Spanish

Curculio 3: “Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice . . .”

Posted on Sunday: September 1, 2013 by Michael Hendry

. . . and there are definitely worse possibilities. When one language adopts words from another, it sometimes happens that standard spelling changes create a new pair of homonyms, making two words that were quite different in the source language … Continue reading →

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D. M. G. K. Chesterton and J. L. Borges

Posted on Tuesday: June 14, 2011 by Michael Hendry

Two more author anniversaries today, and again authors best known for their short stories. It is the 75th anniversary of the death of G. K. Chesterton, and the 25th anniversary of the death of Jorge Luis Borges. Here’s a bit … Continue reading →

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