Author: maen glas

Tout le monde veut changer le monde, mais personne ne songe à se changer soi-même - Léon Tolstoï

What does maen glas mean? / Que signifie maen glas ?

English and French versions / Versions anglaise et française In French and English, blue / bleu and green/ vert have the same meaning. However, what is considered an obvious distinction is not so clear-cut elsewhere. In Breton, blue and (vegetal) green translate into a single word: glas, whereas artificial green is gwer. In Russian, there…
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Vade mecum

English and French versions / Versions anglaise et française The following posts aim at informing, disconcerting, surprising, amusing you. The articles will be published every two weeks, on Tuesdays, from December, 5th, 2017. If you wish to post on this blog, please contact us (contact@maenglas.com) with a full article or a sketch. Your subject should…
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