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Man’s First Words

The University of Reading in England has determined that two dozen words have survived the fifteen millennium since the end of the recent Ice Age such as “You, hear me! Give this fire to that old man. Pull the black worm off the bark and give it to the mother. And no spitting in the […]

The Language Of Thieves

Back in the 80s I lived on Ile St. Louis with a South African model. Her husband paid the rent. He lived in the South of France, where he had a clothing factory in Biot. Vanesse had lied to her husband and said that I was gay. “I have nothing against ‘gay’. Guy had fought […]

Thai Language Lessons

I learned Thai from my various girlfriends using an old colonial technique known as the ‘sleeping dictionary’ or suea non gin poot-ha-na-noo-grom approach. I read 3-4 words a day from the regular dictionary to increase my vocabulary. The only problem was my Boston accent, so I sometimes confuse Thais with my speaking their language. My […]