by Guccio | Mar 23, 2016 | Eurologos Team
Since arriving in Milan, we have made numerous observations on everyday life in the city, and how they compare to that which we’re used to in England. The few which we will discuss here all begin with the letter E. 1. Epicuriousness We’re not sure as to whether this...
by Guccio | Dec 18, 2015 | Literature, Translation and interpreting
Having been thrown about by English-speaking academics in the few decades previously, the early 1990s saw the term “political correctness” gradually creep into mainstream British oral and written communication. Pushing the mass media to review their editorial policies...
by Guccio | Nov 27, 2015 | Around the world
If Personality is “the sum total of all the behavioural and mental characteristics by means of which an individual is recognized as being unique”[1], then can bilinguals have two personalities, depending on the language that they’re speaking? Or are behavioural...
by Guccio | Oct 30, 2015 | Around the world
When intermittently listening to Arabic versions of Lion King songs the other day, it seemed natural to ask why we found these versions so much scarier than the original soundtracks that we know well and love. Was it perhaps because it was unfamiliar and we couldn’t...
