Tag Archives: Brexit

False Etymologies

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Peter Kruschwitz

With a little (and really only just a little) too much time on my hands, I recently thought: why not enter terms that are on my mind a lot as search strings into the Packhum Latin database and see what … Continue reading →

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Control, Fear, and Rage: Ovid on Linguistic Isolation

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Peter Kruschwitz

I moved from Germany to Britain in September 2005. I have made this island my home – I work here, I live here, I have my friends here. I don’t put my beach towel over chairs in the library, I … Continue reading →

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In memoriam Jo Cox MP

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Peter Kruschwitz

Today, the increasingly shrill rhetoric around Britain’s future position within or outside the European Union (‘Bremain’ vs. ‘Brexit’) appears to have claimed the life of Labour MP Jo Cox. We tend to think of speech as ‘mere words’. But speech … Continue reading →

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Groans of the Britons

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Peter Kruschwitz

In a couple of months’ time, the United Kingdom will hold a referendum over a contentious question: ‘Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?‘ As a foreigner currently residing in Britain, … Continue reading →

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