In many ways, our brains are nothing more than elaborate pattern matching machines, evolved to recognize faces, landmarks, predators, smells, food sources.
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- In my Italian studies so far this year, I've run into several situations where a word can mean two completely different things.
- I've always thought of Catalan as a dialect of Spanish. In fact, I've often heard those two names together in one phrase: Catalan Spanish.
- In this post, I share some vital Lithuanian expressions for asking for directions.
- I got kicked off Steve Kaufmann's blog for questioning the value of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in language learning.