‘Heave La France’: 13-year-old dog mysteriously throws up French flag, entertains Twitter

One of the best and worst things about having a dog is that they never cease to surprise you. Just when you think you know all of their quirks and bad behaviors down to a tee, you get complacent and they throw you a curveball that you could never have seen coming. The one thing …
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41 Polyglot Memes for Language Learners With Their Tongue in a Twist

Whether you’re learning your second, third, or fourth language, there’s always something special about picking up a few words that are unfamiliar. However, your misplaced confidence will quickly deflate when you have your tongue in a twist and your foot in your mouth after accidentally insulting some poor restaurant employee’s grandma. Learning another language can be …
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Legendary Worker Accidentally Ignores Work Emails For Four Years Without Getting Fired

Every country has a different work culture, but I can think of two that are diametrically opposed in nearly every conceivable way. Americans are work-obsessed. We’re rarely not thinking about working, and if we allow ourselves to have a moment of peace, something in the back of our mind is still dreading going to work …
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Opinionated Gourmands Argue Over Whether USA or France Has the Best Cuisine

To put it politely, the French are very particular about their food. Gastronomy has been their bag ever since Escoffier. They’re fiercely proud of having a boulangerie on every street corner, and they’ve invented more cheeses than it’s even possible to imagine. France is a country insistent that it lives to eat. However, not everybody …
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Funny Wikipedia Moments That Have Reliable Sources

Wikipedia is one of the most useful websites on the internet. It might not be suitable for academic articles, but it’s perfect when you want thorough and compelling information about a topic you are ignorant about. If you need help grasping new concepts quickly, there’s no better place to go than Wikipedia.  I’m a little …
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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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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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Funny Times English Movie Titles Were Edited to Appeal to French Audiences

Ever see a movie title and think, «Man, they could do better»? Yeah, me too. While Snakes on a Plane may not fall into this category, there are plenty of American titles that could, well, be better. Thanks to a Twitter thread from @juanbuis, we now know that the French would have to agree. In …
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Hilarious Wikipedia Moments That Have Reliable Sources

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