 |
Origin of the surnames Novak and Nowak
If you take a look at my map of the most common surnames in Europe, you will see that Nowak, Novák, and Novak are the most common (...)
August 16, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Czech
|
 |
Origin of the German and Austrian surname Gruber
The name Gruber is a moderately popular surname in Germany and the most common surname in Austria. It is, in one way or another, derived (...)
August 15, 2016 – Jakub Marian – German
|
 |
Map of languages and language families of Europe
The following map shows the language families of Europe (distinguished by colour) and languages within those families. Note that the terms (...)
August 11, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
|
 |
Ukraine in my linguistic maps
This article clarifies the methodology I use to represent the linguistic situation in Ukraine in my linguistic maps, such as the map of (...)
August 10, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
|
 |
Interview about my map of the most common surnames
Jaime Rubio Hancock from El País, the biggest newspaper in Spain, recently interviewed me about my map of the most common surnames in (...)
August 9, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Blog
|
By the way, have you already seen my brand new web app for non-native speakers of English? It's based on reading texts and learning by having all meanings, pronunciations, grammar forms etc. easily accessible. It looks like this:
 |
Difference between “commenter” and “commentator”
Imagine you want to write a comment to an article you’ve just read. You want to refer to someone else who also posted a comment, so you (...)
August 8, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
|
 |
Names of Germany in European languages
Germany is an unusual country, not only because of its renowned engineering and a large variety of beer but also because of its name. Most (...)
August 7, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
|
|
|
Difference between ‘dated’ and ‘outdated’ in English
Both “dated” and “outdated” can be used to describe things that are out of date, but the difference is that “dated” usually refers to (...)
August 4, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
|
|
|
‘Pleaded guilty’ vs. ‘pled guilty’ – which one is correct?
If you “plead guilty”, it means that you state in court that you are guilty of a crime. So far, so good, but what if the action took place (...)
August 3, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
|
 |
Most common surnames by country in Europe
Onomastics is a fascinating area of linguistics concerned with the study of the history and origin of proper names. Today’s map lies on (...)
July 31, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
|