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A new beginning…about joining the circus and life in 2014
A Dialect Map of the United States, and what it might say about you
Lost in Translation…
I asked my husband to pick up my prescription (das Rezept) from the Apotheke (pharmacy/chemist) as he himself had to go to the doctor (das Ärtze) today. This is what he brought home. In other news, I am having an international baby, which has been preoccupying my time (along with a ton of work) asContinue reading “Lost in Translation…”
The bottle episode
Spoilers ahead…just in case you haven’t seen all of season 4 of Doctor Who!!!
7 Gestures to Avoid…
Here are seven hand gestures Americans use that would not be okay in other parts of the world.
American Culture Shock
What is it really like returning to our familiar America after living and experiencing life, and needing to find our own familiarity within a different ‘exotic’ place?
What Americans notice about Germans…(part 4 of 4)
Here is the final segment of what Americans notice about Germans, which was first published in die Zeit in 2002: Was Amerikanern an Deutschen auffällt, oder Fünfzig Wege die Amerikaner gewinnen den Deutschen Aufmerksamkeit (50 ways the Americans attract Germans attention).
Bad English
What Americans notice about Germans…(part 3 of 4)
Here is part 3 of my four part series, What Americans notice about the Germans.
