Funny word – Smorgasbord
it looks Scandinavian and it is – only that in Swedish this word would be spelled like so: Smörgåsbord A real smorgasbord -yum! pic: http://www.gerryriskin.com In Sweden a Smörgåsbord is a meal served...
View ArticleGerman words
There are a few German words that have been adopted in the English language and have become “loan words”. I’ll write about the most interesting ones of them in a few blog posts going forward. perfect...
View ArticleThings I might never learn
There are some things that are very unintuitive and hard to learn in another language. Maybe the things that are difficult to learn are individual – maybe not. I’ll have to ask around. For me...
View ArticleNever ever ever …. seriously!
I said it before, I am saying it again: never, ever, ever translate a saying, proverb, slogan, idiom, expression literally. Seriously, do not do it, it will not work. This is a fundamental truth of...
View Article“Friking”?
The other day we took a stroll through the center of the historic German town we currently live in when I stopped in my tracks. Right in front of us was a new store I had never seen before – this...
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