Language has been one of the most significant evolutions of human history. Without speech, communication between people would have been limited, preventing the progress that has occurred over the past thousands of years. But have you ever wondered how the…
They called it slanguage. A unique language developed by soldiers on the front during World War One. It was a creative fusion of Australian slang, blue words and bits of French and other foreign phrases.
The most popular word for the year 2015 is not a word. According to Oxford Dictionaries, it belongs to an emoji. The common pictograph of a “Face with Tears of Joy” has been chosen as the “word” of the year…
Everyone loves a good tongue twister like “she sells seashells by the seashore,” but it doesn’t come close to the mouthful meteorologist Liam Dutton executed when he effortlessly said the longest place name in Europe: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
The human mind is complicated and wondrous; we are able to experience such deep and complex emotional states. Some of our emotional perceptions are so vivid and awesome they can literally stop you in your tracks and cause you to…
If you fossils out there want to be in the know about what we Gen Ys are writing and talking about, then you need to learn our lingo. This totes awesome A -Z list from the 50 Shades of Age website will get you…
Ben and Carmen go through the differences between common phrases in Mandarin and Cantonese. They also go through the differences in sound. They even explore the differences in the written language between both dialects.
An idiom is an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words, but that has a separate meaning of its own. Idioms stand out as shining pearls in the treasure of the Chinese language. They are concise,…
Language has been one of the most significant evolutions of human history. Without speech, communication between people would have been limited, preventing the progress that has occurred over the past…
An idiom is an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words, but that has a separate meaning of its own. Idioms stand out as shining pearls…
They called it slanguage. A unique language developed by soldiers on the front during World War One. It was a creative fusion of Australian slang, blue words and bits of…
The most popular word for the year 2015 is not a word. According to Oxford Dictionaries, it belongs to an emoji. The common pictograph of a “Face with Tears of…
Everyone loves a good tongue twister like “she sells seashells by the seashore,” but it doesn’t come close to the mouthful meteorologist Liam Dutton executed when he effortlessly said the…
The human mind is complicated and wondrous; we are able to experience such deep and complex emotional states. Some of our emotional perceptions are so vivid and awesome they can…
If you fossils out there want to be in the know about what we Gen Ys are writing and talking about, then you need to learn our lingo. This totes awesome A -Z…
Foreigners living in China find communication frustrating, and white people have plenty of jokes about it. For people who look Chinese but aren’t, it can be much more challenging!
This video explains a few of the strange pronunciations you might have heard when Chinese people speak English or “Manglish.”
Ben and Carmen go through the differences between common phrases in Mandarin and Cantonese. They also go through the differences in sound. They even explore the differences in the written…
Get your Chinese slang up to date with these 10 terms. All of these should be safe to use and inoffensive, save for the last one. Use it at your…
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