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Celebrating International Left-Handers Day 国际左撇子日

In a world dominated by right-handers, International Left-Handers Day is celebrated on August 13th each year. It is all about embracing the uniqueness and differences of being a left-hander and raising awareness on the difficulties and challenges faced by left-handers in their daily lives.

Jīntiān shì bā yuè shí sān rì, Guójì Zuǒpiězi Rì. 今天是8月13日，国际左撇子日。 TODAY IS Aug 13th, International Left-Handers Day hé guójì zuǒpiězi rì yǒuguān de Zhōngwén cí yǒu 和国际左撇子日有关的中文词有： Chinese words related to International Left-Handers Day

yòupiězi 右撇子 right-hander dànǎo 大脑 brain chuàngzàolì 创造力 creativity tèbié 特别 unique xíguàn 习惯 habit búbiàn 不便 inconvenience gōngpíng 公平 fair; equal zhīchí 支持 to support lǐjiě 理解 to understand; to empathize

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bite your tongue

self-controlstop yourself from saying something

Halcyon: happy, blissful, carefree

An endangered language is a language that is at risk of falling out of use, generally due to few surviving speakers. The causes of language endangerment includes cultural shift to national culture, urbanisation and influence of dominant languages.

Comestible: suitable to be eaten; edible

Swedish borrowed a word from Turkish because of a single chaotic battle in 1713. Kalabalik means mayhem in Swedish. Swedish King Charles XII is camped out in Moldova. The Ottoman Turkish Sultan wants him gone. Turkish forces swarm in. Chaos erupts. The Swedes called it a kalabalik, from the Turkish meaning crowd.

"Schabrak" came in from that Turkish episode as well.

Other words from Turkish are e.g. kåldolme, soffa, yoghurt and kiosk.

Tjej It's the everyday word for girl in Swedish, but it comes from Romani. It was first recorded in 1915. It's related to chav, which means boy in Romani, but it became an insult in British English.

Frisyr means haircut or the way you style your hair without a haircut, it comes from the French frisser, which means to curl, think frizzy. A frisör is someone who curls hair even if you're getting a buzz cut.

Kofta mens cardigan, it comes from Persian, the same root as kaftan. It has been used in Swedish since 1672.

Pajas means clown or fool, it comes from the Italian pagliaccio which literally means straw mattress. This is because old mattresses made clown costumes in Italy.

Veranda och pyjamas är från indien

Half the world borrowed the Swedish word ombudsman

smörgåsbord" as well, troll also and tungsten and styrbord.