Dear Friends,
Wow! It's amazing how much time I have on my hands if I don't pick up the phone to chit-chat with my girlfriends! Abstinence from complaining and gossipping makes me do things I have never done before! For example last night I started thinking about the word "time!"
In Farsi, my mother tongue, we use the word (sa.at) for time, hour, watch and clock.
I have no idea how this linguistic fact sets Iranians apart from the rest of the world; I just thought it was interesting!
I remain grateful for having had the opportunity to learn different languages. Now, or at least till Easter, I can spend some of my “alone” time exploring linguistic nuances of the four languages I speak (more or less), trying to understand the culture behind each language.
Have an interesting day everyone!
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