In English, if we want to say that something will never occur, we say it’ll happen when pigs fly or when hell freezes over. In Spanish, you can express this idea by saying it will happen “when cows fly,” or el día que las vacas...
You might guess that an orangutan is named for its color. In reality, the name of this ape derives from Malay terms that mean “man of the forest.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Orangutan Origin” Grant...
What’s in YOUR spice rack? Say you’re cooking up a pot of chili, and you need to add more of that warm, earthy, powdered spice. Do you reach for a bottle of KOO-min? KYOO-min? Or are you going to add KUMM-in? The pronunciation given in...
Tautologies in names are pretty funny, like the Sahara Desert, which basically means “Desert Desert,” or the country of East Timor, which in Malay means “East East.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of...
The term dog pound sounds a lot more menacing than animal shelter, until you learn that pound simply has to do with the idea of an enclosed space, as does a pond, which is often formed by enclosing a space and filling it with water. This is part of...
domestik n.— «Why minda instead of pemikiran? Why presint instead of kawasan? Kreativiti instead of dayacipta? Skrin for layar? Domestik for tempatan?» —“Stop the practice of replacing Malay words” by Ismariwan...