Month: November 2024

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Black Friday, linguistics, and Brazil

There’s an interesting shift in Brazil where the word “Friday”, in English, might get another meaning. Surprising no one (I hope), most Brazilians don’t speak English, so they don’t know what “Black Friday” really means. Some might be aware that “black” means “dark” or the literal color black but have no idea that “Friday”, a less common English word to …

Rambling

On European houses, I guess

One thing I never thought I would miss is… leaving windows and doors open in the house during the day/night while working, year-round. Like, insulation in Brazil is non-existent (reminder: insulation also helps to keep a place cool when it’s hot), so people just leave windows and doors open to create an airflow inside their house[1]. This leads to street …