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How to Say I Love You in Bangla

At the kitchen table, Jason reminded me, “It’s our wedding. I think you can say whatever you want, in any language.”

Feb 14, 2023
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Why I Started Writing Crossword Puzzles

But who decides what’s common knowledge?

Oct 27, 2022
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How to Say I Love You in French

To interact with French people is to hear endless suggestions for improvement.

Feb 14, 2022
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How to Say I Love You in Italian

With friends and family, one says “ti voglio bene”—literally “I want good for you.” And I believe love is not only something you feel, but something you do.

Feb 14, 2022
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How to Say I Love You in Spanish

You can’t go bigger than “te amo.” No one says “te amo mucho,” because love is already very much.

Feb 14, 2022
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When the News Is Too Much, I Read It Backward

The tidy linearity we’re used to leaves little room for revolution.

Nov 23, 2021
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How to Love in English

If one loved in the Indian provinces, one could only love in English, with “I love you.”

Jan 14, 2021
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On Preserving Taiwanese Through Romanization

But was there a better way to put these pronunciations on the page?

Oct 22, 2020
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What Kind of Sonnets Will Computers Write?

If poetry is an act of discovery for a writer, then even a computational poem has to uncover something new.

Oct 21, 2020
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When Language Wears Boots

A daughter who is jia 嫁 is out of the house is gone forever, water poured out of a bucket, never whole, never yours again.

Mar 18, 2020