Category Archives: Comparing Culture

Sometimes English just doesn’t make sense…

I am sure that by now many of you have seen this text about why English can be hard to learn. If you haven’t the list is below followed by a special treat as an example why it is important to understand idioms, like this:

My husband wears a ‘skirt’

Today is the day my husband wears his kilt, actually a Utilikilt which makes the walks and other adventures we have on Sundays very entertaining because people always stare. Never mind that the Germans seem to have a thing with staring; I think my husband is toying with the German public on Sundays. He likesContinue reading “My husband wears a ‘skirt’”