Archaeologists discover a city older than the pyramids
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La nueva ‘primera dama’ de Cataluña
Catalunya (the region of Spain encompassing Barcelona) just invested its new government yesterday. The wife of the new Catalan leader is Marcela Topor, who is Romanian: Topor, que comparte profesión con su marido, se ha convertido hoy en primera dama, al Puigdemont ser investido presidente de la Generalitat tras alcanzar un acuerdo de última hora Artur Mas con Junts pel Sí y la CUP. Topor … Continue reading La nueva ‘primera dama’ de Cataluña
Afterburner Part 2
Word Count: 664 After I wrote my post Afterburner, a commenter made the obvious connection to another kind of food. When I mentioned this to my wife, she just said, “Duh”, and I shook my head in disbelief that I’d missed such low hanging fruit in my original post. Whereas the Romanian word usturoi (garlic) comes from an old Latin verb for “to singe” or … Continue reading Afterburner Part 2
Here We Are, Me and You
Wow! We made it. Can you believe it? Sometimes it seems like the whole year slipped by in the blink of an eye. DJ, you want to cue us up a song? Ah, perfect! I’m currently investigating exactly what happened in Chisinau in 1919 (when (eastern) Moldova joined the union of (western) Moldova, Wallachia, and Transylvania), and my wife has been digging through stacks of … Continue reading Here We Are, Me and You
Afterburner
Word Count: 453 One of the cool things about having a wife who is learning Latin (and Greek) is that I’m finally getting some resolution to some etymological mysteries that I’ve had for years with some Romanian words. A case in point is the Romanian word for garlic, which is totally unlike other Romance languages: French: ail Spanish: ajo Italian: aglio Catalan: all All from … Continue reading Afterburner
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