Two types of animals

Two types of animals

The Carnival of the Animals is a musical about animals that talk and sing — lions, hens, roosters donkeys, tortoises, elephants, kangaroos, fish, cuckoos, swans and other kinds of birds — composed by Camille Saint-Saëns 139 years ago. The Carnival of the Animals is...
Two types of animals

Two types of animals

Two types of animals The Carnival of the Animals is a musical about animals that talk and sing — lions, hens, roosters donkeys, tortoises, elephants, kangaroos, fish, cuckoos, swans and other kinds of birds — composed by Camille Saint-Saëns 139 years ago. The Carnival...
This is not a funnel

This is not a funnel

This is not a funnel Picasso received at his studio a visitor that believed the latter’s paintings were abstract. So Picasso asked his visitor in turn if he had a photo of his family to show him. When Picasso saw the photo he asked “Are they really that small?”...
This is not a funnel

This is not a funnel

This is not a funnel Picasso received at his studio a visitor that believed the latter’s paintings were abstract. So Picasso asked his visitor in turn if he had a photo of his family to show him. When Picasso saw the photo he asked “Are they really that small?”...
Language vs tonguage

Language vs tonguage

When we say tongue When we talk of tongue, we talk of mother tongue (langue maternelle in French and Muttersprache in German, to name two tongues other than English). Although fathers also come equipped with tongues, I’ve never heard of a father tongue. Have you?...