HeyJaredThe Wrong Globe
Letters and essays about language, culture, and identity — by a Russian-born Jewish linguist and mother living in the most complicated place on earth
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Seven boys on the bus (opens the original)
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They’re sitting a few rows in front of me, in the facing seats: three on one side of the aisle, four across from them — and chatting loudly about bodies and working out. They’re about 15. I can’t figure out the exact words even though I’m sitting very close because they’re talking so fast, in half sentences, interrupting each other, patting each other’s shoulders and biceps.“What’s your routine?”“Thirty pull-ups, thirty push-ups, thirty rows.”“Show me your biceps, brother.”“Do you do lower body?
I guess I’ll stick to being a human (opens the original)
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Hello friends!I’m back. How was your summer? I missed you, and I missed the weekly routine of writing here, even though the break was good too. I’m a little worried I forgot how to write, though. Can you forget how to write? I don’t know.In any case, since I was gone for more than a month — the longest I’ve ever been away from here — I feel like I owe you a “How I spent my summer” essay.How DID I spend my summer? Trying very hard to relax (is that an oxymoron?) and disconnect (mostly unsuccessfu
How to get up from the floor (opens the original)
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Dear friends, I'm taking a few weeks off from The Wrong Globe to make progress on two other projects of mine: the wordless picture book I’ve been working on for a while and a language learning app I just started making recently. If you want to know more about the app (and sign up to be a beta tester), come over to my other newsletter, The Language Obsessive. And I’ll see you back here in September 💜<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-Ujp!,f
The Wrong Script: The Woman on the Train (opens the original)
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This Is Just How We Talk Now (opens the original)
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