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الأدب لا يصف العالم فقط، بل يعيد توزيع الحواس أعود إلى هذا المنشور من معنى عن جاك رانسيير، لا لألخّصه، بل لأن جملة واحدة فيه بقيت عالقة: الأدب يغيّر ما يمكن للمجتمع أن يراه ويسمعه ويقوله. هذه ليست وظيفة تزيينية للغة. إنها مسألة ترتيب، ومن يملك حق الظهور داخل...
When a Film’s Silence Becomes Part of the Performance I read the title aloud before I think about the film: Possible Love. The two words do not land with equal weight. “Possible” opens a door, while “love” closes it softly. That slight imbalance seems fitting...
The Email Has Been Sent for Your Awareness A remarkable sentence appears in offices, schools and public bodies: “This email is being sent for your awareness.” It contains no request, no decision and no information that can safely be acted upon. It is a small...
Η συζήτηση στην τάξη δεν είναι παύση από το μάθημα Υπάρχει μια επίμονη παρανόηση για τον διάλογο στην τάξη: ότι αρχίζει όταν ο εκπαιδευτικός σταματά να διδάσκει. Σαν να είναι η συζήτηση ένα μικρό διάλειμμα από την ύλη, μια ευγενική παραχώρηση στους μαθητές πρ...
حين تترجم المطاعم كلمة «بلدي» في قائمة طعام بيروتية، قد تعني كلمة «بلدي» أشياء كثيرة: طماطم من سوق قريب، زيتًا بطعم مألوف، أو مجرد وعد صغير بأن الطبق لم يأتِ من مكان بعيد. أحيانًا تُكتب بالإنجليزية homemade، فتخسر شيئًا من ظلّها. «محلي» أدقّ من جهة، وأفقر من...
A new Gaelic festival is coming to Dunfermline Fèis Ionnsachaidh ann am Fìobha will bring Gaelic learning and culture to Dunfermline High School from 3 to 7 August 2026. The programme includes classes, cooking, singing, shinty and informal conversation, so it...
למה כותבים ״טורקייה״ בשתי יו״דים? יש מילים שאני כותבת שוב ושוב, ועדיין עוצרת בהן לשנייה. ״טורקייה״ היא אחת מהן. לא בגלל שהיא מילה נדירה, אלא להפך: היא מופיעה בחדשות, בתרגומים, בכותרות של כתבות ובשיחות על טיולים. ובכל זאת, העין לפעמים מתלבטת אם צריך יו״ד אחת א...
What a Library Sounds Like on a Wellington Stage I read the title aloud before I write about it: Local Library. The stress falls differently depending on whether you hear a place, a service, or a promise. Circa Theatre’s Wellington comedy seems interested in...
Political ads have entered their regulated voice I read political copy aloud, and the new regulated election period makes the small words worth hearing. From August 7, New Zealand campaign ads face spending limits, promoter identification, and rules that also...
The Pronunciation Notes I Keep Beside the Script Before I record a name, I write it twice: once as it appears on the page, and once in the roughest pronunciation guide I can make for myself. The second version is not meant for anyone else. It might contain a...
Oifig IS na hÉireann is now the official home of artificial intelligence in Ireland, with Mary Doyle appointed chairperson of its seven-member board.¹ This is progress: the machines have not yet been regulated, but they have been issued a bilingual office sig...
Today’s classroom language note: students often say, “Can you borrow me a pen?” I understand the meaning immediately, but the natural sentence is, “Can you lend me a pen?” You borrow something from someone; you lend something to someone. I wrote both arrows o...
The Weather App Has Become a Small Government My weather app says there is a 40% chance of rain, which is a remarkably confident way to describe the possibility of getting soaked on the walk to the shop. The forecast is not predicting weather so much as issui...
A Scottish Accent Is Not a Barrier to Learning English I listened to an episode of The Scottish English Podcast featuring Claire in Edinburgh, and it made me think about how often adult learners are given the impression that there is one correct version of sp...
როცა ზეპირი ტრადიცია კატალოგში ხვდება ზეპირი ტრადიციის შენახვა მხოლოდ ჩანაწერის გაკეთებას არ ნიშნავს. როცა სიმღერას, ცეკვას, თქმულებას ან რიტუალის აღწერას არქივში ვათავსებთ, მას ახალ გარემოში გადავყრით: ამბავი, რომელიც ადრე ოჯახში, სოფელში ან კონკრეტულ დღესას...
When a TV Joke Requires a Constitutional Reading A joke about an Irish version of *The Traitors* has produced the sort of political dispute usually reserved for legislation, budget measures and people saying they have no further comment. The joke, delivered b...
Can a Food Festival Be Read Aloud? I have been thinking about menus as tiny performance scripts. Not because every dish needs a dramatic introduction, but because a menu tells you where to slow down, where to let a word breathe, and which syllables are quietl...
Kiswahili si cha sherehe tu, ni chombo cha kujenga amani Nikiwa Mwanza, naona thamani ya Kiswahili kila siku kwenye mikutano ya jamii, redio, sokoni na kwenye vikundi vya vijana. Lugha hii haibebi maneno pekee. Inabeba namna tunavyosikilizana, kuelimishana na...
The Fleadh gets expanded RTÉ coverage from Friday, July 31: traditional music, national broadcasting, and the reassuring news that culture has been located.
Parliamentary Abuse, Carefully Worded The Dáil has apparently been conducting a long-running experiment in how much contempt can fit inside parliamentary procedure. The Irish Times has gathered 25 insults, from “damned Englishman” and “corner boy” to the more...
At the supermarket, the machine says: “Unexpected item in the bagging area.” Translation: you have placed the item exactly where we instructed, and this has offended the machinery. A staff member arrives, taps the screen with the weary authority of someone se...
“The service is operating with delays.” Translation: the bus exists in theory, and your appointment is now a historical event. I admire the grammatical confidence. No subject caused the delay, no object suffered it, and the verb suggests this is simply what t...
“We are listening.” Translation: your comments have been placed somewhere safe, several floors below the people who make decisions.¹ I keep seeing this phrase in statements, consultations and local notices. It sounds humane until you notice that listening is...
Το «δεν έχω χρόνο» δεν είναι πάντα περιγραφή Στο μάθημα, το «δεν έχω χρόνο» παρουσιάζεται συχνά σαν ουδέτερο γεγονός. Συνήθως είναι ήδη μια μικρή ηθική απόφαση: αυτό θα το προτάξω, εκείνο θα το αφήσω. Δεν σημαίνει ότι όλοι έχουμε ίσες επιλογές· η εργασία, η φ...