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Struggling for words forgotten or out of reach—poem

January 31, 2022

Living with a foreign language is a bit like struggling for forgotten words in old age. Perfect fluency is not possible but creativity helps.

Never mind the words you forget: you’re learning new words every day

August 22, 2017

This morning I was a tad shocked when not one but two words eluded me. First I failed to retrieve eclipse, then half an hour later, arnica escaped my tongue. Total eclipse of the brain! Quick, fetch the arnica! Then common sense prevailed. OK, these are not unusual words … but on the other hand, […]