YouTube - Two Ronnies: Hieroglyphics - Who says that hieroglyphs have to be deciphered following the translations of the Rosetta stone? What if Napoleon didn’t stumbled upon it. No, just kidding, it actually was Captain Pierre-François Bouchard, well it was a French man, however, I still can’t let go on the idea that Napoleon had some role [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Watching people rush out of their muddy winter holes and populating all green spaces of the city kind of explains major need for the Summer sun. Have fun capturing every available sun shine.
My question today: At what place would you rather want to hang out bearing in mind that this is a photo match that [...]

Sony keeps producing cool ads ( that are so charming, relaxing and interesting in so many ways. I struggle to find words to describe it, so you better check out for yourself. Go to the French Sony webpage (I just can’t believe I just said that) and download the HD version. Telechargé Le Film is [...]

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.

Are we going dot com? A frenchman took my domain, by the way.
Hey folks, in today’s post I have you vote on a controversal issue. Shall we go dot com? Going dot com means a new blog adress like philsblogging.com or philscentral.com what do you think is best? Any suggestions? Now, you vote on whether [...]

Wer eventuell sein Englisch aufbessern möchte, kann ja mal am Ponsblog vorbeischauen, eine sehr nette Seite, die mittlere bis anspruchsvolle Vokabeln in Einträge einbettet, so wie ich eigentlich. Nur dass mein Englisch und selbst mein Deutsch nicht fehlerfrei sind. Ein Nativespeaker beglückt uns mit seinen Gedankenergüssen, also vorbeischauen! Gibt’s auch auf dem sogenannten Ponscast [...]