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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Weekly Internet Roundup: Simple English, the Met Gala Cockroach, and Chinese Food Culture Wars
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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
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 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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Language Memes For Linguists Screaming 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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Literature Memes For Real Readers
As a former English major, I feel like I can easily scope out a «fake fan» of literature. I don’t care to do so on a regular basis because I have a life and a job, but put a so-called bookworm in front of me and I can scope out their vibe in less than …
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