LAS LENGUAS INGLESA Y ESPAÑOLA de Delfín Carbonell

I have always loved technology and have been lucky enough to witness the birth of what imbeciles call "the new technology", capable of doing things a that few years ago were absolutely unimaginable. It has afforded countless opportunities for all. Wonderful. And yet, I am not completely satisfied, because of the biblical dictum that many are called but few are chosen. Take Wikipedia , which I have renamed "Wackipedia" because it is truly wacky and irresponsible, and cannot be trusted. It must be used with a grain of salt because, as it is a universal encyclopedia written by all and sunder under no real scholarly control, its accuracy is always in doubt. We are forced to double-check its information from reliable sources. Some articles are exceedingly long, while others are much too short. Very laudatory with some living authors, and miserly with others. And the translations into Spanish are a barrel of laughs! Of course, we can always consult The Encyclopedia Britan...

Phrases -idioms- in languages are like fossils, static in time. Thus in English we say All day long but All year round ... (todo el día, todo el año) and do not ask why, and do not even point out the inconsistencies, grammatical or logical, in them. People often get all confused and say and write all year long , for example, because they forget or ignore or do not give a hoot. Whatever. But I checked. And my research led me to WordReference and its forums... Take the time to check either English expression (or any other) and you will find out how daring people are with matters linguistic. People who show a complete lack of mastery of English give answers to others who are in the same linguistic boat. I guess that in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king (en el país de los ciegos el tuerto es rey.) WordReference and Wickipedia are fine projects but lack seriousness and scholarship. Do not trust either. Be careful with the answers given in WordReference and Wikipedi...