Oceans Full of Words…

I am now almost in the final week of my John Speak scholarship. I have been enjoying reading in Urdu a lot of late, perusing literally anything I can get my hands on (discarded flyers, road signs, food packaging…you name it). I find reading in any language a very empowering experience. Often I read something in Urdu that I like; something poetic, grammatically idiosyncratic or eye-catching, and I’ll find an opportunity to slip it into a casual conversation the following day! I sometimes think of a language as an ocean: You can paddle in the shallows, but there’s nothing better to dive in.  It’s vast, it’s rich, it’s bottomless…