Category Archives: languages

  1. Inventors, Scientists, and WorldCat

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    April 23, 2022 by libroshombre

                You won’t find me arguing with Ralph Waldo Emerson’s claim that “One must be an inventor to read well. …
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    Category: interlibrary loan, inventors, language, languages, librarians, libraries, libraries and librarians, library history, linguistics, scientists | Tags: , , , , ,

  2. Dreams, Doublethink, and Aztecs

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    February 4, 2022 by libroshombre

    Re-watching Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I have a dream” speech has left me considering the distinction between mythology and misinformation.  …
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    Category: languages, libraries, misinformation, mythology, propaganda | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

  3. Conspiracies, Communications, and Truth Sandwiches

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    April 29, 2021 by libroshombre

                LIBRARIAN COLUMN Contact Greg Hill, 479-4344                                                                          April 29, 2021             Michelle Cottle, a member of the NYTimes editorial board, …
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    Category: attitudes, communication, communications, conspiracies, language, languages | Tags: , , , ,

  4. Zeep, Odor, and Spock

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    September 20, 2019 by libroshombre

    “Im mel a man parv” is how you say “I love a good book” in Elvish, which J.R.R. Tolkien invented …
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    Category: baseball, bathrooms, languages, translations, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

  5. Bodacious, Babylon, and Glottophobia

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    February 22, 2019 by libroshombre

    Bodacious, the legendary bucking bull in the Professional Bull Riding (PBR) Hall of Fame, brings many associations to mind, including …
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    Category: cowboys, languages, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , ,

  6. Wang Yi, Mr. T and Carrie

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    January 9, 2017 by libroshombre

      Commands shouted out by the Mr.T In Your Pocket (“Six Helluva Tough Guy Sayings; ‘It’s My real Voice, Fool!’”), …
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    Category: languages, libraries, magazines, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , ,

  7. Thumbs, Purring Hyoids, and Zsa Zsa Gabor

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    December 28, 2016 by libroshombre

    We should feed our cat “as much as it will eat in thirty minutes, twice a day,” says a book …
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    Category: cats, language, languages, libraries, speech, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

  8. Dominant Languages, Oldest Libraries, and the Brain Atlas

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    May 31, 2016 by libroshombre

    “One does not inhabit a country,” the Romanian philosopher Emile Cioran once pointed out, “one inhabits a language. That is …
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    Category: brain, English language, internet, language, languages, libraries, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , ,

  9. Lester Young, Sensory Metaphors, and Air Conditioning

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    February 9, 2016 by libroshombre

      If you haven’t seen the new Star Wars movie, you’re not very cool. If you don’t know Marc Okrand, …
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    Category: conlang, languages, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , ,

  10. Old Wives Tales, Malarkey, and the OED

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    September 25, 2014 by libroshombre

    “Do Blue Sheets Bring Babies? The Truth Behind Old Wives’ Tales,” by Thomas Craughwell, was a Gulliver’s used-book purchase I …
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    Category: cartoonists, dictionaries, languages, odd words | Tags: , , , , , ,

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