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Got a new list!

admin — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:16:21 +0000

I’m compiling a list of Wazza Words and phrases, so that I have posts ready for every week. If you have any ideas for topics, words or phrases, please feel free to drop a line!
This week, let’s talk about the difference between SEISED and SEIZED. I was translating a law document and came across the word SEISED. There are dictionaries that associate it with the word SEIZED. One of the more common phrases using this word is “the court first SEISED”, which means “the court that first started receiving the evidence”.
Next week, a Spanish word that reminds of “SEIZED”, but that has nothing to do with the act of SEIZING…

Wazza Words is back!

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:30:13 +0000

I’m going to do better with Wazza Words! But, I’ll try to vary the content more this time around. For this first Wazza Words entry of 2012, I’d like to submit the English word OBFUSCATE. I love this word; to me it sounds like what it means: “to make obscure”.

Do you use Google Translate?

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:28:21 +0000

Then, you’d better read this post: http://aqtext.com/blog/google-translate/#more-454

Now for Quichua…

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:27:39 +0000

One of the many reasons I enjoy the Quichua language is learning about its subtleties and ‘technical’ jargon. Since the Quichua culture has many agricultural roots, the jargon has to do with farming. For instance, the words “MISHA” and “MISHAYUG” are among my favorite words. “MISHA” refers to the sole blue kernel of an otherwise uniformly white or yellow ear of corn. Is there such a specific word in English or Spanish? And, yet the same word can also be translated as ‘WART”.
Context is everything!

What’s involved in learning a foreign language?

admin — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:45:56 +0000

While reading the November issue of GLANJO, the monthly journal of the Global Language Association, I came across this quote on page 3:

“To learn a foreign language, one
must hear it and to know how to listen
to it, that is, to be capable of enumerating
it, appreciating it, analyzing it in all
its parameters, its modulations, its inflections.
One must be able to hear the
stresses, the fading, the slackening of
its sounds, the cadence of its phrases,
its frequential sequences. To enter such
a subtle linguistic universe, one must
also enter into the psychology of the
person who is invested in it, to resound
to the accent of her or his soul.”

Dr. Alfred Tomatis

The more you learn, the more interesting it gets…

now, interesting Spanish words…

admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:34:09 +0000

Do you know these Spanish words?

What’s the only Spanish word in which the letter S occurs four times?

What’s the only Spanish word with three syllables, three vowels and three letters?

What’s the only Spanish number without an “o” or an “e”?

If you reply to this post with the right answers, I’ll send you a free copy of my language report: Five Reasons NOT To Learn a Foreign Language!

Next time, three interesting Quichua words…

just English this time

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:14:59 +0000

Found some interesting words this week, and I thought I’d share them with you.

Lots of people have BIBCOCKS in their houses, but they don’t know it…

And, you don’t need to belong to a religion in order to use a CHURCH KEY…

Here’s a question for ye: what’s the difference between FLAMMABLE and INFLAMMABLE?

Next week it’s Spanish!

Interesting article…

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:09:38 +0000

Check out this article:

http://publishingperspectives.com/2011/08/edith-grossman-challenges-of-translation-in-america/

Finally back online!

admin — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:35:44 +0000

My site was down for a couple of weeks, due to the server changing my site from one platform to another, and my changing host plans from one to another. But, here we are, back in business.

Wazza Words for this week:

English – UNCOPYRIGHTABLE – among the three longest words in the English language that have no repeat letters.

Spanish – GUINEOECUATORIAL- only word in Spanish that repeats each of the five vowels.

Quichua – TSALAYANA- for those of you who want to lose weight

And the learning quote is: There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. – Willa Cather

New situations, new words…

admin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:12:02 +0000

Yes, it’s been a while, I know! My new visa situation in Ecuador has taken much of my time and energies. However, now that that’s settled, I can concentrate on more important things. Like, getting out your weekly Wazza Words!

English JACTITATION (don’t do this to anybody!)

Spanish GARABATEAR (this is what Sticky Notes are for!)

Quichua YAKUNAYACHINKUNA (this is what happens in July and August in the Northern Hemisphere, and in December and January in the Southern Hemisphere)

And, the learning quote is:

“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.”

Abigail Adams

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English JACTITATION (don’t do this to anybody!)

Spanish GARABATEAR (this is what Sticky Notes are for!)

Quichua YAKUNAYACHINKUNA (this is what happens in July and August in the Northern Hemisphere, and in December and January in the Southern Hemisphere)

New situations, new words…