Basil The name of the culinary herb basil comes from βασιλικόν φυτόν (basilikón phutón) “royal (plant)” in Ancient Greek. The word basileus was very bountiful, produced a lot …
America
Herbs
Nuts
Hazenut Walnut
El Atlas
Maps about the diversity of the Spanish language vocabulary
TV shows
When we talk about cultural mapping, the definition of culture that comes first to our minds is the Great European Culture: classical music, lengthy novels, …
Stories
The sweet tooth kids The tiny boy The red girl The ashen girl Probably one of the most famous stories ever told, Cinderella got her …
Wikipedia
Wikipedia language codes are the letters at the beginning of the address for each language version. They are not the same as Internet top-level domains, …
Γρεεκ το με
“That’s Greek to me” or “It’s all Greek to me” is an idiom used when you can not understand something. The origin might be in …
Bookworms
Fruits
Melons and apples of discord This is like comparing apples and oranges! Notice that in Italian is quite obvious that mela (apples) and melone (melon) are …