A Linguistics Interlude

As I mentioned in my introduction to this blog, my two biggest passions are travelling and languages. So far, Florence of Arabia has been about daily life as I experienced it living in Cairo, Egypt. Soon I will be moving into some of the adventures. However I am taking a quick break to make an announcement.

I am currently writing a series of linguistic articles for the About: Italian Language Web site and as of last week, the first article, Introduction to Italian Linguistics went live! Each article will appear every two weeks through December. Please feel free to stop in and read them. While on a tour through Tufts University, my tour guide introduced herself by saying "I love it here at Tufts and I'd like everyone to love it, too!" Not everyone will love linguistics as much as I, but I'm hoping people can have fun with the articles.

And if you're curious, the picture for this post is of the side of the new library in Alexandria, Egypt. Every writing system ever used by humans - past and present - is represented on the walls of the library, though not all may be visible in this picture.

Enjoy everyone!