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    Marco Neves

    July 25, 2022
    Languages
  • A Very Short History of Coffee in 7 Cities

    A Very Short History of Coffee in 7 Cities

    If we look at the origin of the word “coffee”, we find stories about dancing goats, mystic drinkers, a distant smell in Vienna and an ancient social network in London… A sober wine from Arabia The origins of this drink are lost in time, like so many important things. There is a legend in Ethiopia,…

    Marco Neves

    March 27, 2022
    Languages
  • Princely Tongues: The Languages of Europe’s Five Smallest Countries

    Princely Tongues: The Languages of Europe’s Five Smallest Countries

    Tiny countries are fascinating. They always remind me of fairy tales (“there was a small kingdom where everybody was happy”), even if with some un-Grimm-ly tones (“they happily never paid a dime of taxes ever after”). They also tell us something about the history of Europe and its languages. For this journey, I chose European…

    Marco Neves

    March 26, 2022
    Languages

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