LANG-WIJ

The ups, downs, highs and lows of communicating better and learning about new languages.

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Colorful Vocabulary: Heliotrope

A heliotrope is a plant that turns to face the sun. The color comes from a garden purple-flowering heliotrope variety that originated in Peru. 

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En plein air

A french expression used to describe painting outdoors. Also, the phrase is used by the fashion industry to describe color themes based on natural soft and soothing hues.

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Learning a foreign language: five most common mistakes - Telegraph

Learning a new foreign language is never easy – but it's a lot harder if you fall into these five common traps, says Anne Merritt.

All true!

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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Benjamin Franklin

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If you ever visit Euskadi, you’ll find this message on almost every paper serviette. The font may vary, but it’s usually a Basque traditional one.

Eskerrik asko etortzeagatik = Many thanks for coming

[humanswhoreadgrammars]

My friend Calle drew my attention to the fact that the well-renowed linguist Lyle Campbell has written an article on how to spot that a speaker is actually faking knowledge about a language. Interesting, huh? And, you can read this article for free online!

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Incubus (1966)

Directed by Leslie Stevens. With William Shatner, Allyson Ames, Eloise Hardt, Robert Fortier. On a strange island inhabited by demons and spirits, a man battles the forces of evil.

The dialogue is completely in Esperanto and stars - William Shatner!

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Hehehe...these are awesome words. :-)

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Have you been bumfuzzled?

Bumfuzzle is an fun word to say and means to confuse or fluster. It is also the title of a neat blog by adventurous family. http://www.bumfuzzle.com/about-us/

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Brevity is the soul of wit.

William Shakespeare

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If you are a language learner, then you must know about this site.

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Colorful Vocabulary: Smaragdine

Smaragdine comes to us from Greek and it is an emerald green color. It also was the word that John Capeheart spelled correctly to win the 1961 Scripps National Spelling Bee contest.

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LOL! Funny joke,,,

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Humor can be an effective tool in teaching..

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I want to change my punctuation. I long for exclamation marks, but I'm drowning in ellipses.

Isaac Marion

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156: Ricordare

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"Theatre" or "Theater"? Yesterday, we were near the Globe Theatre in London. It’s where Shakespeare’s plays were (and now are again) performed. Please note the British spelling of “theatre”.