Reading Time: 4 minutesPeople are sometimes unprepared to learn that I have a deep (read: unhealthy) interest in languages. Up to and including, “how do you even figure out what makes a language so languagey?” (sidenote: apologies to the mother of the 8 year old a few days ago who wanted to know why bears are called bears)

Reading Time: 4 minutesFolks who get to know me usually (and regrettably) discover that I am a language nerd. I like learning languages and I like learning about languages. There’s all sorts of things that are fascinating about languages: where they come from, why they sound a certain way, why grammar is what it is. But lately, I’ve