Showing posts with label Language and War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Language and War. Show all posts

Monday, 23 November 2015

HOW LANGUAGE IS CHANGING WITH OUR TROUBLED TIMES




 I received an SMS from a long time friend in Brazil.
“Boss! Get out of Europe, those fanatics will kill you. It is no longer safe. Come to Brazil...”
I laughed. For two reasons. In Portuguese (the language of Brazil), the word boss is “patrĂ£o”; I had thought it is only us in London who use boss.