Most Americans’ firsts thought when imagining the UK, mostly England, are rolling green countrysides, polite and refined inhabitants, and the occasional polo match. In reality, the UK is actually a sheep-ridden wasteland of old man pubs, soccer hooligans (erm, «football»), and the pettiest small town drama imaginable. For every small village, there lurks a town …
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Language Memes For People Yelling At Their Duolingo App
Learning languages is hard, especially if you’re not getting the whole immersion experience. I feel your pain for those of us who have spent hours in a classroom trying desperately to understand what the teacher is saying in French or Spanish. Some lucky people have caught the language-learning bug, whether it be through traveling, Duolingo, …
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Weekly Internet Roundup: Simple English, the Met Gala Cockroach, and Chinese Food Culture Wars
Plus, Joe Biden confirms Dark Brandon.
British TikToker Shares the Five Classic Ways to Avoid a Street Salesman That We’re All Certainly Guilty Of
Get lost, Girl Scouts!
French Woman Claims English is a «Simple» Language, Gets Schooled By Linguists
A fun fact about me is that I got a Linguistics minor in college. Educated diva, I know. Getting a linguistics minor isn’t the most challenging thing in the world: all you need is five courses, but I learned so much about language. The most important thing I learned in Linguistics class is that no …
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International Internet Users Share the Most Obvious Signs a Person is American
Back in the mid-aughts, I was part of an exchange program that took a few lucky Americans on a trip to Japan for a few incredible weeks. It was a little nerve-wracking to think about traveling in a country where I couldn’t read or speak the language, but to my surprise, it was incredibly easy …
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Language Memes For Linguists Yelling At Their Duolingo App
Learning languages is hard, especially if you’re not getting the whole immersion experience. I feel your pain for those of us who have spent hours in a classroom trying desperately to understand what the teacher is saying in French or Spanish. Some lucky people have caught the language-learning bug, whether it be through traveling, Duolingo, …
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People Overseas Share the Most Obvious Signs a Person is American
Back in the mid-aughts, I was part of an exchange program that took a few lucky Americans on a trip to Japan for a few incredible weeks. It was a little nerve-wracking to think about traveling in a country where I couldn’t read or speak the language, but to my surprise, it was incredibly easy …
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People Share Their Most Embarrassing Pronunciation Fails
It’s pretty common knowledge that English is far from the most logical of languages. I can’t imagine how difficult it is to make sense of words like «their», «there,» and «they’re.» Spelling may not be quite as difficult as Gaelic or Welsh, but making sense of silent or fickle letters must be frustrating. Even …
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Hilarious Spelling Fails That Highlight the Power of Proofreading
It’s easy to write something and never go back to edit it. After all, there are only so many hours in a day to get things done, and in many jobs, if you throw something onto the page, often nobody will clock your errors. No matter your job, it’s usually a good idea to know …
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