A Really Cool Web Site

[malaise]

https://www.timeanddate.com/wordclock/

[left-of-center2012]

1. Time was off by five minutes

[malaise]

3. Your time? n/t

[left-of-center2012]

5. ...

[malaise]

6. It's correct with my lap top clock, local TV and the house clocks

[left-of-center2012]

10. ...

[hwmnbn]

2. very clever...nt

[ProudLib72]

4. Change the language it appears in below the clock

It's interesting to see how the dimensions of the clock change depending on which language is used. English is mid-sized. Norwegian is tiny. Italian almost does not fit in the screen it is so large.

[malaise]

7. Ha

[ProudLib72]

8. I must have a little linguist in me

I went looking for information about the economy of language and found an article about efficiency and experience living in different language: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/06/complex-languages/489389/

[malaise]

9. That looks interesting

Bookmarked for tomorrow - thanks

[malaise]

11. You know I have rarely thought about the economy of language

and then it is related to delicious Jamaican words like 'foot bottom' instead of the sole of the foot or 'hand miggle' for palm of the hand. Really fascinating.

Sending to some friends - thanks

[ProudLib72]

12. Glad you liked it

It makes you wonder about literature from different parts of the world. Is one culture's literature richer, deeper in meaning? And then there is the question of films with subtitles. I think everyone has asked themselves, "What am I missing when I have to read subtitles?"