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What Are the Differences Between Latin American and Castilian Spanish?

What Are the Differences Between Latin American...

The other day, I posted a blog about why both Latin American and Castilian varieties of Spanish are both real and proper. Even if you have studied a good bit...

What Are the Differences Between Latin American...

The other day, I posted a blog about why both Latin American and Castilian varieties of Spanish are both real and proper. Even if you have studied a good bit...

Do You Have "Real" Spanish?

Do You Have "Real" Spanish?

Growing up in the USA, there was always a real and pervasive need across the whole country to learn Spanish. That need has only increased over the years. Given the...

Do You Have "Real" Spanish?

Growing up in the USA, there was always a real and pervasive need across the whole country to learn Spanish. That need has only increased over the years. Given the...

Experience vs. Appearance in Using a Memory Palace

Experience vs. Appearance in Using a Memory Palace

We all know the human brain is capable of tremendous feats of information storage and processing. Nonetheless, most of us consider our brains as organic faculties rather than machines. Processing...

Experience vs. Appearance in Using a Memory Palace

We all know the human brain is capable of tremendous feats of information storage and processing. Nonetheless, most of us consider our brains as organic faculties rather than machines. Processing...

Developing a Plastic Memory System

Developing a Plastic Memory System

Suppose you are working in a remote area of a jungle somewhere, perhaps doing conservation work, or even language preservation. You need to learn the local lingo, but there are...

Developing a Plastic Memory System

Suppose you are working in a remote area of a jungle somewhere, perhaps doing conservation work, or even language preservation. You need to learn the local lingo, but there are...

Review of Kindle for Foreign Language Books

Review of Kindle for Foreign Language Books

As a medievalist by training, you might guess that I have a fondness for books and manuscripts. I love the printed word, and the tactile experience of reading a book....

Review of Kindle for Foreign Language Books

As a medievalist by training, you might guess that I have a fondness for books and manuscripts. I love the printed word, and the tactile experience of reading a book....

A Medievalist's Take on the Mystery Sword Inscription

A Medievalist's Take on the Mystery Sword Inscr...

This sword contains a mystery inscription, and scholars at the British Library are looking for an answer. The letters, clearly displayed in Roman script, read:+NDXOXCHWDRCHDXORVI+This is an interesting riddle, and...

A Medievalist's Take on the Mystery Sword Inscr...

This sword contains a mystery inscription, and scholars at the British Library are looking for an answer. The letters, clearly displayed in Roman script, read:+NDXOXCHWDRCHDXORVI+This is an interesting riddle, and...