https://www.micah.soy/tags/language/ Recent content in Language on Micah Henning Hugo en-us Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.micah.soy/posts/why-are-awesome-and-awful-opposites/ Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.micah.soy/posts/why-are-awesome-and-awful-opposites/ If you have ever watched one of Derren Brown’s psychological manipulation videos, one word may come to mind as you stare dumbfounded into the television screen: Awesome. But I personally don’t think ‘Awesome’ suffices. I think ‘awe-most’ is more appropriate. But why not just use the word ‘Awful’ instead? Oh, wait a minute… That completely changes the meaning! The term ‘awful’ has been around for centuries, long before ‘awesome’ was conjured. https://www.micah.soy/posts/gmelin-a-small-car/ Sun, 02 May 2010 01:00:00 -0500 https://www.micah.soy/posts/gmelin-a-small-car/ If you have ever used free online translator websites, I’m sure you have noticed that there are often, erm… inconsistencies in the translations. There is a website that epitomizes these inconsistencies by taking whatever your write and translating it a number of times into various languages and then back to English again. The differences are astounding. Take a look below to see some commonly-used expressions translated: Two camels in a tiny car. https://www.micah.soy/posts/touch-wood/ Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.micah.soy/posts/touch-wood/ We’ve all heard the expression “knock on wood.” I learned today that it is not uncommon for many different variations of this expression to be used worldwide. One such expression is “touch wood.” If you’re American, I know what you’re thinking. If you’re not American, you probably don’t see anything odd about this expression, which is great. This expression, in all of its various forms and languages, may have been around for centuries.