Bastion
From bastion
n 1: a group that defends a principle; "a bastion against corruption"; "the last bastion of communism" 2: a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle [syn: citadel] 3: projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
That's what happens when traveling abroad with ideas and images that belong to other moments and spaces: the possibility of translating those into the new language mixes itself, and becomes a chaotic, dynamic organism, that tries then to speak like everyone, resorting to archaisms and obscure references. The language, assaulting your senses.