Chocolat
or: Expressions in other languages One of the challenges of learning a new language is understanding the idiosyncrasies and how it’s used on a daily basis rather than from a textbook. The best way to do this is by listening […]
Tag: languages
What’s the Message
or: English Expressions Can Be Tricky It has been a fantastic weekend mostly because I have friends in town for the weekend who came for no other reason than to catch up with each other. That’s not entirely true. One […]
That’s Just the Way It Is, Baby
or: Idioms don’t always translate well One of the 974 things I like about travel is learning the way some expressions translate in other languages and others that don’t. There are some expressions that are unique to English and don’t […]
I Cannot Believe It’s True
or: Bread Slicing 101 I have spent a large portion of this year in French or formerly French colonies. There are quite a few upsides (probably 974 of them) to this including a marginal improvement in my French comprehension. My […]
Mysterious Ways
or Shopping Where You Can’t Read the Language Can Be a Little Tricky or I’m at very early stages of learning three new alphabets and this will take awhile Mystery shopping in Tokyo for me is not about grading customer […]
ABC
Learning a new language is a fast-track to feeling young again. All the associated frustrations with not being able to read quite as much as I’d like is right there too. I’m back to sounding out words though this time, […]
Pure Massacre
English is my native language. I generally speak it pretty well except when I’m tired, stressed, drunk or when my thoughts have moved faster than my mouth. Sometimes this can happen simulateously. I have taxi driver / dim sum Cantonese. […]