The choice of language, namely French, to illustrate a dialogue of incomprehension, I assure you, is totally accidental. Not · illustr. by Guacamole Goalie
Whenever an attempt to communication or action fails, people get very creative when they encounter a lack of understanding. Both German and English have a vast repertoire listing expressions of incomprehension.
Proceed In The Face Of [...]

As much as some enjoy Spelling Bee contests, others are fed up with this infinite inconsitancy · photo by For Ever Soul
You are not alone… Confusion rules over English as a rule in terms of vocabulary, phrasal verbs and so on. We know that. Being an English as a Second Languagespeaker I am more than familiar [...]

Following my blog religiously you will probably notice that I am religiously into accents. Accents in the English speaking world are fascinating if it’s up to me. Plus, I absorb pretty much anything that teaches you how to improve your phony Texan or English accent. The video attached to this entry is full of lessons [...]

Our way of communitication is totally inefficient and outdated according to Clement Gallet’s Manifeste “for the extenstion of SMS slang to all the media.”
ritN eng iz ded · by clementgallet.com
SMS slNg must B D onlE wA 2 XprS oursLvz
In this grammar book a set of rules is provided to reduce the amount of characters in any [...]

It was only a matter of time for a bilingual blog like mine to pick up a myth shrouded in legend like the one we’re looking at today. Here’s the thing: According to stories that a lot of German teachers tell their students, German lost out to English in a vote on the official language [...]

The Ultimate College Guide
Options turn out be quite useful for pray being cornered by K9 German shepherd like questions about future usually starting with something like that: Well, so, now that you’re done with school, what cha gonna do my friend?
What cha gonna do my friend?
Today’s college guide will depict all my options, that are [...]

Blogging Outside of Your Community By Not Blogging in Your Native Tongue — A person writing in a language that is not their own, especially when those words are published for all to read, may bear a responsibility to their readers to disclose that the language in the blog is not their native language, thus, [...]

It happens to be quite entertaining to mock somebody because of a funny slip. Tongue twisters (in German called Zungenbrecher [tonuge breakers]) usually play with (un?)intentional slips. In today’s issue we’ll talk tongue-twisteria.
Notice that this entry is filed under English vs Deutsch, where Lingo Bingo is usually posted too.