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08/11/2020

Found in https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65798/32-long-forgotten-weather-words #:~:text=Gleen,a%20clear%20patch%20of%20sky.

11/07/2020

Beware, leaders of this world we know you're often bent.
In Germany, you are being flogged at quite a cheap rate.😂
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25/05/2020

https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1264821798115446785?s=20

“It’s that time again. A mumpsimus (16th century) is someone who refuses to budge/insists that they are right, despite clear evidence that they are wrong. Plural: mumpsimuses.”

30/03/2020

https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1244533890989121536

“Fun wordy fact of the day for kids: the first freelancers were knights who weren’t attached to any single lord and master, and so were *free* to use their *lances*, or weapons, for anyone who paid them. ”

05/02/2020

https://www.grammarcheck.net/boring-verbs/

Just like food, your writing needs spice. This infographic will help you turn the most basic and mundane verbs into scintillating ones. Ready to upgrade your writing? Then take a look at this handy list of 16 common verbs, followed by a handful of interesting replacements for each one.

26/07/2019

Why companies really should invest in professional translators ...

26/07/2019

https://amp.lefigaro.fr/langue-francaise/actu-des-mots/2018/07/26/37002-20180726ARTFIG00026-l-etonnante-origine-du-mot-canicule.php?__twitter_impression=true

La moitié de la France est placée en alerte canicule. Mais d’où vient cet étrange terme? Le Figaro revient sur son origine.

08/05/2019

https://youtu.be/cARo1w7tpc0

From offended sausages to tap-dancing bears – these idiomatic expressions bring a little poetry to the German language. Rachel Stewart is on a mission to inv...

02/05/2019

https://phys.org/news/2019-04-traditional-masculinity-english-speaking-men-languages.html

For decades, more women have been entering male-dominated educational fields and careers. The proportion of men in female-dominated areas, on the other hand, has remained mostly unchanged. Now, gender gaps in female-dominated undergraduate majors—like foreign language—are larger than gender gaps...

12/01/2019

Countries divided by a common language...

New YouGov survey indicates that Americans would miss the passive-aggressive British subtext in everyday phrases

08/01/2019

Beware stochastic terrorism

Stochastic terrorism definition, the public demonization of a person or group resulting in the incitement of a violent act, which is statistically probable but whose specifics cannot be predicted: The lone-wolf attack was apparently influenced by the rhetoric of stochastic terrorism. See more.

28/11/2018

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“Germans don't "do" small talk, right? Well, not quite… https://t.co/1zc19BHLAh”