Last year I wrote about Halloween and how we didn’t celebrate it in Germany as, at the time, it was almost unheard of. And yet, the 31st October was a public holiday for us, not for all of Germany, but for the Protestants and areas where the population was largely protestant. The 31st October is Reformation … Read more
Last Sunday I went to The Language Show in London to see what new resources there are for learning and teaching German … and I noticed the arrival of smartphone apps. Unfortunately for me, they were for IPhones and IPads and not yet for Androids but if you have an IPhone you might like to buy them. The … Read more
This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. On the 18th October 1967, ‘The Jungle Book’ came to our cinemas. I wasn’t aware of this until I received an email about it yesterday. Immediately I was taken back in … Read more
Every day I get a variety of German newsletters in my email box and often they get deleted as there is nothing of interest to me. An article in one of today’s emails, however, caught my attention: Living underneath the motorway bridge If you like, read the original article here ‘Wohnen unter der Autobahnbrücke’. The … Read more
Have I got your attention? Did you think, ‘Yay, no more those long, long German words’. Or was your first thought ‘Oh no, I like those lovely long words’. Fear not, they are not outnumbered, but they were on Outnumbered! I have written about German compound nouns before but when I watched Outnumbered on … Read more
“Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly-sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.” Do you remember this quote? It’s from ‘You’ve got Mail’ with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. I came across this quote again the … Read more
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