Elga Cremades

Elga Cremades

When two plus two doesn't equal four: ways of counting around the world

Culture | 15/11/2025

A hand draws numbers on a blackboard with a cast.

Why do we like coffee... and hate it (grammatically speaking)?

Culture | 08/11/2025

The coffee machine in a specialty coffee shop in the center of Palma

Who decides what constitutes speaking well?

Misc | 01/11/2025

A dictionary.

From 'postureo' to 'cringe': How new words are born and survive

Culture | 18/10/2025

A couple takes a photo in front of Palma Cathedral

'Bub-bub', 'tic-tac', 'patapam...': words that imitate sounds

Society | 04/10/2025

'Bub-bub', 'tic-tac', 'patapam...': words that imitate sounds

Why can we say "cantam" in Catalan but not in English?

Culture | 20/09/2025

Mishima.

Have I arrived or have I arrived? A surviving medieval vestige

Culture | 09/09/2025

File image

How each language tells the past in its own way

Society | 30/08/2025

How each language tells the past in its own way

Who needs articles?

Culture | 02/08/2025

A group of young people.

'Dreaming of tortillas': Expressions we can't translate (and why they matter)

Society | 19/07/2025

A potato omelette

From the Menorcan 'boinder' to the global 'follower': how Anglicisms and Catalan coexist

Society | 07/07/2025

From the Menorcan 'boinder' to the global 'follower': how Anglicisms and Catalan coexist