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When Pigs Fly
The painting aboce is part of "Netherlandish Proverbs", a 1559 oil-on-oak-panel by the Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder. It shows a scene in which humans, animals, and objects offer literal illustrations of Dutch proverbs and idioms.
I've...
March / April 2017
Book Look - Aikainen lintu nappaa madon. Sananlaskuja läheltä ja kaukaa
The book in review in this issue is this time in Finnish, Aikainen lintu nappaa madon. Sananlaskuja läheltä ja kaukaa, originally The Silent Beetle Eats the Seed. Proverbs from Far and Wide. It is available in bookshops and online stores, but apparently...
March / April 2017
A Peek into Pinyin
When people think of Chinese language, they are often both fascinated and a bit intimidated about its writing system. Fortunately memorizing thousands of complex characters is not the only way to learn written Chinese. Most Mandarin Chinese learners...
May / June 2017
Proverbs from the World - Dari (Afghan Persian)
Proverbs from the World:Dari (Afghan Persian)
The world is full of languages, which in turn are full of proverbs, some of which are very culture related, some instead very universal. In this article there is one of each type. The...
May / June 2017
Proverbs from the World - Chinese
Proverbs from the World:Chinese
The world is full of languages, which in turn are full of proverbs. Some of them are very culture related, some instead very universal. In this article there is a selection of different types of proverbs....
July / August 2017
How Can My Study Book Be Monolingual?
Traditionally, one of the first things people do when they start learning a new language is to get a study book. This is usually easy for those who study a language which is very widely spoken in the world and usually also for those whose native...
September / October 2017
Proverbs from the World - Finnish
Proverbs from the World:Finnish
The world is full of languages, which in turn are full of proverbs. Some of them are very culture related, some instead very universal. The language of choice this time is Finnish, the main language of...
September / October 2017
Proverbs from the World - Spanish
Proverbs from the World:Spanish
The world is full of languages, which in turn are full of proverbs and proverbial phrases. Some of them are very culture related, some instead very universal. The language of choice this time is Spanish,...
November / December 2017
News Brief
Scriverermo Publishing Expands,Releases New Series
The mother company of Parrot Time, Scriveremo Publishing, has recently increased its staff with the addition of another language lover.
Siskia Lagomarsino, creator of The Polyglotist,...
January / February 2018
Proverbs from the World - Latvian
Proverbs from the World:Latvian
The world is full of languages, which in turn are full of proverbs and proverbial phrases. Some of them are very culture related, some instead very universal. The language of choice this time is Latvian,...
January / February 2018
Proverbs from the World - Swedish
Proverbs from the World:Swedish
The world is full of languages, which in turn are full of proverbs and proverbial phrases. Some of them are very culture related, some instead very universal. The language of choice this time is Swedish....
March / April 2018
Proverbs from the World - Italian
Proverbs from the World:Italian
The world is full of languages, which in turn are full of proverbs and proverbial phrases. Some of them are very culture related, some instead very universal. The language of choice this time is Italian....
May / June 2018
Book Look - Publio Aurelio - un investigatore nell'antica Roma (series)
This review focuses on a series of books by the Italian author Danila Comastri Montanari, namely Publio Aurelio - un investigatore nell'antica Roma (Publius Aurelius Statius - an investigator in ancient Rome). The name of the series comes from its...
July / August 2018
Proverbs from the World - Tver Karelian
Proverbs from the World:Tver Karelian
The world is full of languages, which in turn are full of proverbs. Some of them are very culture related, some instead very universal. The language of choice this time is Tver Karelian, a minority...
July / August 2018
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