The article discusses the ability of language to transcend time and place. It explores the interesting adventure of a twentieth-century Honolulu resident named Hattie, who traveled to Macao, a region of China that was once a Portuguese colony. It describes a nineteenth-century English word that was first coined by British people living in India. It features Michael Quinon of Cambridge University, who is an expert on the English language and depicts his website called World Wide Words.