Lost in Translation

Commemorative quarters for Hawaii, DC, and other US territories, photo taken mid-2009. Early in 2009 some media outlets were reporting on ...

These election posters (placed in spots were windows once were) encourage people to get out and vote in the 2008 elections. These were on th...

The emergence of the online public-access catalog has largely rendered the traditional library card catalog obsolete. At the Library of Cong...

The huge, tattered flag that inspired the lyrics of "The Star Spangled Banner" (the US National Anthem) is indeed a "star att...

One of the items I brought back from the 2010 National Book Festival (see related post here ) was this tourist map of Nevada. On its front a...

Last weekend I checked out the National Book Festival (annual event on the Mall organized by the Library of Congress) and brought back some...

Read to your baby...in whatever language you choose. National Book Festival, September 25, 2010.

Continuing my blog entries beyond DC, I include some things from another capital city: London. Welcome sign at Gatwick Airport. Unusual ch...

More linguistically-interesting things I saw in Paris. A monument to peace within view of the Eiffel Tower. I can't tell how well the ...

This blog entry goes through a few distinctive neighborhoods in Paris: le Marais (the old Jewish Quarter), le quarter japonais (Japanese Q...

This is my final entry about Florence - saving some of the best stuff for last! Sign outside a door on the train into Italy. This looks to ...

Now for some more signs from Florence - these all come from churches or museums. Ascending to the dome of the Duomo. I like the graffiti ...

A few days ago I noticed this poster for an event celebrating the Latin American cultures. I find it interesting that the title of the event...

For a while now US Census Bureau has been running a campaign to remind people to fill out their census forms. Above, a sign in Metro Cente...