Tip of the Tongue

Words can express their meaning not only by an arbitrary process of defining them, but also in the sounds and facial expressions they produc...

The food we eat is not only concrete, but also abstract, not referring to the state of its ripeness.   Since fruit and vegetables are such a...

The verb to have seems like a such basic thing.   Every language must have one, of course?   Actually, while the Latin-based languages do, ...

As cooking shows have become such a major part of television, at least in Israel on Friday, cooking vocabulary has become more widely used a...

People are sometimes identified by their country of origin. The question is what you call them.   In many languages, the native noun has a p...

Reality is often quite ironic.   In the Western World, the only place where almost everybody is working on Jesus’ birthday is in the place h...

Every language is shaped by the experience of its speakers.   The sea and (European) football have shaped England.   Ranching and its wilder...