“Did you know,” said Gina, the other day, “that in Spanish, the word meaning to make is the same as the word meaning to do?” I don’t speak Spanish, but it seems that the usage of the Portuguese fazer and the French faire supports this hypothesis. I’m going to have to back [...]

The dental hygienist who cleaned my teeth today asked if I knew why, in the English language, the word for the country (Philippines) was spelled with a “ph”, but the word for the inhabitants (Filipino) was spelled with an “f”.
I love going to the dentist.