Tag Archives: Intercultural
Home sweet home – only better
I fantasize about taking my kids back to where I grew up to show them....
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Aug
Home sweet home – only better
I fantasize about taking my kids back to where I grew up to show them....
Mar
If an alien landed in New York, would he know where he is?
New York feels like another world compared to Munich. Many elements are obvious and in....
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Mar
What is the Inquisition doing in 21st-century America?
Looking at U.S. politics over the past few years, Germans recognize many patterns from the....
Nov
Three cheers for English: Concise, neutral, to the point.
English has its downsides. But when you compare it to German, French and Spanish it....
Oct
When life gives you lemons, it helps to recognize them
I thought my French was good enough to get me around southern France. But language....
Oct
How chicken legs, triangles and sphincters will make you laugh
The German language is very precise and detailed, sometimes to the extent that it goes....
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Sep
The French girl who wouldn’t talk
Language class is where you learn to speak a language, but just memorizing vocabulary and....
Aug
Linguistic sleight of hand – bilingualism at any cost
After I had kids in Germany, I knew I wanted to raise them bilingually. But....
Aug
Ukraine on the train – from a military to a cultural conflict
Taking the train home from Berlin, some Ukrainians boarded the train. Watching their interactions with....
Apr
Give us our daily bread, but please let it be German
Listen to Brenda tell the story A good friend of mine recently returned to the....
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Aug
Vaccination Fascination
25 July 2021 A strange thing has set upon us. Suddenly, we’re all doctors. Better....
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Jul
Thanksgiving? Not as traditional as you think
Americans like to think of Thanksgiving as being the ultimate American holiday, but it's actually....
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Nov
Halloween has gone global but strange things happened
Halloween has made its way to Germany, but some funny things happened to this holiday....
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Oct
The curious case of the X in the sock drawer
The old joke "I have to organize my sock drawer" as an excuse to skip....
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Jun
Squished on the train – but it was fun
Being stuck on a crowded train gives you a close-up glimpse of its multicultural inhabitants,....
Jan
On the train from Munich to Berlin
It’s a bright sunny day as my daughter and I hop on the train to....
Nov