The Language Enthusiast

A few days ago I decided I'd go on Google translate and look up the words for time/age/era in the sixty-five languages Google has deemed important enough to take the time to translate.

In German one word for time or tempo means Kleenex.

In another language (Indonesian? Don't remember which) "river" can mean time.

I found many languages in which a word for time is also "story" or "path." Oh, connections. This is why languages are cool.

Nookify

I brought my nook to school today.

"Is that a Samsung Galaxy?"
"No. It's for reading books."
"From outside the country?"
"Yeah."

"What's that?"
"It's for reading books."
"Whoa, cool!" ("cool" was substituted for various words - "awesome," "great," etc.)

"What the hell is that?" (although they used much worse language)
"It's for reading books."
"God, what do you do with your life?"
"Stuff...or, in your view, nothing."
"I can see that."

Books. Are. Cool.