she said: don’t forget! milk, oil, flowers our offerings, our worship. my hands are broken but still you kiss each finger. I remember milk for kheer, oil for the lamp, flowers for Shiva. to me these are nothing. in your eyes the world sleeps can I sleep in them, too?
-worship, Kelsey Ray Banerjee
Hindi:
वह कही: मत भूलना! दूध, तेल, फूल हमारा प्रसाद, हमारी पूजा मेरे हाथ टूट गए हैं लेकिन अभी भी तुम एक एक उंगली चुंबन। मुझे याद है खीर के लिए दूध, दीपक के लिए तेल, शिव के लिए फूल। मेरे लिए ये कुछ भी नहीं हैं। तुम्हारी आँखों में दुनिया सो रही मैं उन में सो सकते हैं भी ? -पूजा, Kelsey Ray Banerjee
Bangla:
ও বলল: ভুলে যাবেন না! দুধ, তেল, ফুল আমাদের নৈবেদ্য, আমাদের পূজা। আমার হাত ভেঙে গেছে তবুও আপনি প্রতিটি আঙুল চুমু। মনে আছে খিরের জন্য দুধ, বাতি জন্য তেল, শিবের জন্য ফুল। আমার কাছে এগুলি কিছুই নয়। তোমার চোখে পৃথিবী ঘুমায় আমি কি তাদের মধ্যে ঘুমাতে পারি? -পূজা, Kelsey Ray Banerjee
More language learning with poems. It’s been a while, so I wrote one in Hindi, then translated into Bangla and back into English (my native lang). Not sure if the Bangla is completely right tbh…some new vocab and honestly most dictionaries are not always reliable? I’m learning West Bengal variant, for those interested.
Got a new travel wallet and I found this in the back of the notebook that came with it
that russian vodka one sounds more like ‘there isn’t any vodka left’ which feels kind of counter-productive since that more than likely means someone will go and get you some.
are we just going to ignore the gap between “what’s up?” and “drop in and you die”
Hey everyone! Today, I’d like to introduce y’all to the 1 Month of Languages Challenge! (aka the #1MonthOfLangs Challenge)
This can be done as a stand-alone challenge, or it can be seen as a subset of the #1YearOfLangs challenge that I created last year! You could do this challenge for each month within the year-long challenge, or you could just do one month of it, or any other possible variation of it! It’s totally up to you and definitely NOT mandatory! This is just to get you started and inspired!
The Guidelines:
Post every day with an update about how your language learning progress is going
Optional: Follow the prompt list below!
Dedicate at least 5 minutes every day of the month to learning your target language
Tag your posts with #1MonthOfLangs so I can see what you’re learning!
The Prompt List(optional):
Goals for the month
Vocab list: basic sayings
Why you chose to study your language of choice
Vocab list: greetings
Vocab list: numbers
Grammar: present tense
Vocab list: food
Write a menu
Vocab list: kitchen supplies
Vocab list: family
Grammar: sentence structure
Write 5 example sentences
Vocab list: colors
Vocab list: animals
What resources are you using to study your language of choice?
Happy New Year and good news - I passed my dissertation proposal defense and should now have some time to keep posting articles (as I’ll be teaching an undergrad sociolinguistic course in the spring and may need to brush up on some classics). I hope your 2018 ended with a bit of joy for the new year, and here’s a great article by Gretchen McCullochaboutemojis teaching young children to learn language to hold you over in the meantime! Happy Holidays!
Much as this article goes over the steps children take to acquire language, this recipe gives you nice and easy steps to turn artichoke hearts into delicious tangy goodness! The rosemary, lemon zest, and whipping cream add a special touch to this dish, just as the article’s addition of an explanation of how adults text in emoji charades or to create art while kids tend to stop sending strings of emojis when they learn to read is what sets this article apart. Bon Appétit!
Sorry about the few article reviews in the last few weeks- just began my first post-coursework semester as a Teaching Associate (whoo got my first mis-titled email addressing me as “Professor…”) and I’m about to head to Budapest to present a paper at the Second International Conference on Sociolinguistics! I’ll be back to reviewing articles in late September, but in the meantime here’s an interesting article about hyper-polyglots (people who speak crazy many languages),and a recipe comparison, of course. Enjoy and wish me luck presenting in Pest!
Much as this article describes a language skill we all wish we could have (i.e. picking up a dozen languages, and being semi-fluent in more dozens), this recipe is a wish-list of decadence: unusual chocolate linguine, chalky goat cheese, and sweet cherries result in a savory-sweet delight. While we may envy hyper-polyglots for their amazing faculty in 11-plus languages, you will be the envy of all who behold you nomming on this pasta. Good Cooking!
Apologies to those of you waiting anxiously in finals season for more article reviews, but I’ve been completely swamped these last few weeks finishing papers for my last semester PhD coursework (whoo SFL examinations of Trump White House emails) and taking my girlfriend to meet my grandmother in Italy. Now that summer has started, I have time to dig in to some articles- expect lots of narrative and social media discourse studies in the next few weeks! For those of you battling Imposter Syndrome in your programs, take heart from this sad tale of the Linguist Linguine- I found out a few weeks ago that I didn’t pass my second qualifying review paper, receiving instead a recommendation to submit a different paper that was better organized and/or publishable. While this would be terrifying news to any grad student, the reviewer said to treat this like a detour, not a roadblock, so I’m pedal-to-the-medal determined this summer to learn how to write journal articles in linguistics (and hopefully pass my next submission). Hopefully I’ll be able to let you all know what I learn as I deliver you more article reviews, but in the meantime here’s an interesting article about parents teaching their babies sign language as a fadand an accompanying recipe comparison. Enjoy, and good cooking friends!
Much as this article raises important points about the ability of language to include and exclude, this recipe includes just the right amount of savory ingredients to guarantee that no one will exclude this dish from their favorites! While learning ASL may be a fad to some people, I guarantee you will take it seriously after reading this article, much as you should seriously consider the benefits of anchovies in spicing up your pasta dishes. Bon Appétit!
Apologies again for my long delay in posting, but it’s been a terrible month of prepping papers for conferences and hustling to get my second qualifying paper in. I’m about to attend my first AAAL (American Association for Applied Linguists) meeting in Chicago this weekend, so I’ll be back to posting hopefully at the end of this month. Until then, here’s an interesting article about whether we live in the best time in history to learn languages, ever.
Just as the article mentions how young people learn new languages quickly, you’ll find that you can make this dish incredibly quickly! The kalamata olives pair very well with the spinach and red pepper flakes, and the way that it’s all done pretty much in one pot reminds me of the article’s mentioning that technology allows us to learn languages pretty much all on one digital space. Good Cooking!
This article reminds me of the recipe for pasta mista:
Much as this Italian recipe elevates pasta that Americans might throw away, the article discusses how middle-class white families are beginning to elevate their perceptions of bilingual education. However, unlike the worrisome implications of this strain on those students who might be pushed out of multilingual instruction, you’ll find this recipe for an usual type of pasta, chickpea, and basil dish has only delicious implications if you give it a go. Good cooking, and see you in 2018!
