I’m no Sibawayh. That out of the wayh, let us take a moment to marvel at the classical Arabic grammar (nahw). I’ve once again delved into it in a proper language program after a four year hiatus littered with on and off classes, and continue to be awed by its…

Spoiler warning. After learning that the release of second season of the anime was delayed (I reviewed the first season here), I caught up on the manga and just finished the last chapter last night. Boasting 181 chapters and 20 volumes, it reached its crescendo in the beginning. What made…

The widely anticipated anime adaption of SIU’s popular Tower of God webtoon finally debuted on April 1. I first caught wind of news of the anime around last December, about six months after I started reading the webtoon, and upon watching the trailer my uneasiness doubled two-fold. Like with any…

We will never know. Or — Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi once praised Tamil as the oldest language in the world, a sentiment shared by a number of bloggers and sites. Here’s the problem in a nutshell, or at least, according to my far-from-expertise self and the issues I’ve…

It was an innocent enough afternoon — merriment abound on the way to the beach with family, when the undisputed scent of garlic wafted into the car, first like a gentle breeze and then as if someone had been cooking a feast of garlic chicken in the trunk. Gilroy, the…

There’s much to say about Morocco, from musings over the tourism industry to seeking out beneficial experiences, but as usual, it’s the little details that marinate in your mind. I try not to overly romanticize visiting any location — in the sense that, considering what I usually discuss online and…

Air date: April 6, 2011 — September 14, 2011 With the disclaimer that I’m not familiar with the video game the eponymous anime is based off of, nor the other games and their respective animes in the Science Adventure series, I begin by saying: it was eerie. …

Note: this was originally a thread on twitter, now expanded into an article with added details and references. “Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.” -Martin Heidegger There’s a popular TED Talk from cognitive scientist…

On the art and science of the pun (paronomasia), to a select few who understand its hidden sensibilities. — Most understand wordplay, yet few find it capable of leaving one in uncontrollable hysterics. I take the opinion that it is a fabulous, superlative form of humor. “Pun processing from a psycholinguistic perspective: Introducing the Model of Psycholinguistic Hemispheric Incongruity Laughter” was a study published in Laterality: Asymmetries of Body…