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Multilingual Dog TrainingSomeone please add this to the list of, umm, bizarre ways to learn commands in a foreign language. If Finnish, Hebrew, Polish, and Hungarian aren’t enough, you can also train your dog in Icelandic. (ELHAM)
My Travel Words and Phrases: French FoodPart II in Shaina’s installment of essential French words and phrases covers the best part of traveling to Paris: food.... More
Mick Jagger speaks CatalanWell, “better than average” anyway. Here’s a YouTube clip of his effort in Catalan. Mick, you know what the next step is; you have to start singing in Catalan. (ELHAM)
Vorsprung durch TechnikOf the many things the internet is good for, listing German expressions used in English is not the first thing we’d think of, but, well, wow. See also: List of Spanish words of Germanic origin. (SUZANNE)
Ni hao, KhartoumSudanese students are increasingly choosing Chinese as their preferred second language. (via The Morning News)... More
Newsy LinksThere’s a lot of buzz in the news today about endangered languages, online language learning and what not, so we thought compiling a short post of “LLinks” would be appropriate:... More
Croatia on the MapCroatia has been put on the map. I just love this English expression because it acknowledges so well what great scholars and writers took tomes to explain (Said and Pamuk are two very great examples)—that our very existence, so plain and obvious to us, is actually a matter of debate and perspective. We don’t “exist” until the influential and powerful say that we do. And then, like the Ancient Egyptians, we continue to exist only in profile and not at all en face or all around, because that is the only view they could assume, or cared to assume. ... More
Tony Soprano’s Shish KebabThis might very well be the only post on the internet right now about “The Sopranos” that has nothing to do with the ending. ... More
Spelling Bees in Japan?Slate published an article about how Spelling Bees are a distinctly American and British phenomenon, and other countries with nonalphabetic languages seem to lay more emphasis on recognizing and identifying characters and their meanings. If the idea of a Spelling Bee in Japan brings up images of interesting Japanese game shows, never fear, Kanken promises to be a fascinating (and pretty difficult) version of the Spelling Bee:... More
My Travel Words and Phrases: Parisian TransportationI am fortunate enough to have traveled to Paris a good amount over the years. I therefore like to think of myself as only semi-lost there and perhaps able to impart something like wisdom. And so, on that expert basis, I offer you semi-regular installments of French words and phrases that I think will come in handy in the one of the most visited cities in the world. ... More
Reading the WorldTwo of my favorite things: languages and literature. But if you’ve ever been a beginner in any language, you know the frustrations of learning everything you need to know to get around Moscow, but still not being anywhere near the level you need to be in order to read War and Peace in the original Russian. ... More
Wir Sind Helden covers “When Your Heart Stops Beating” in GermaniTunes Store is introducing the new “Foreign Exchange” program, where bands can translate, cover, and sell songs from different countries in their native languages. +44 will also be covering Wir Sind Helden’s “Guten Tag”. More importantly, this should lead to all sorts of interesting musicians covering each other’s songs. Like Melt Banana covering Jennifer Lopez. (On second thought, probably not a good idea.) (ELHAM)
oh hai, i has parsed ur sentencezA linguistic appreciation of LOLcode, inspired by the LOLcat phenomenon. (via Language Log) (SUZANNE)
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