Etiket: Language
Cats, what do they understand about our language?
Qwhen it comes to communicating with pets, most of us can’t help but talk to them as if they were children. Sharp and sugary tone, short and often interrogative sentences.…
Platform for the Language receives 333 complaints for “discrimination” of Catalan at the university
Platform for the Language has received 333 complaints by “linguistic discriminations“in the ‘La universitat en català’ campaign during its first year, the entity reported this Thursday in a statement. Related…
‘If you make fun of language, you’re actually making fun of how seriously we take ourselves’
Sculpture Merel Corduwener The pun according to Wisse ‘The pun that started it all is this: Kurt Cobain Marie’, says Wisse Beets (38), maker and creator of the weekly pun…
Help! The West Frisian language is dying out (or does it still have a future?)
The regional languages in the Netherlands are having a hard time and West Frisian is no exception. The older generation is slowly disappearing and the youth is no longer talking…
‘Chateau Meiland’ viewers not to speak about the language of Leroy | showbiz
showbizLeroy Molkenboer (30), the husband of Maxime Meiland (26), is under fire. Several ‘Chateau Meiland’ viewers are not pleased with the man’s language. For example, they would find him “rough-mouthed”.…
Ben Weyts: “Home language is for the home, not for the classroom” | Inland
Flemish Minister of Education Ben Weyts has not started a project of the Flemish Community Commission (VGC) in which multilingualism and the use of the home language in Dutch-speaking schools…
Column | Europe is groping for language for a new era
“Are you okay?” asked a concerned reporter last Monday to Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign affairs chief. Three times the Spaniard had caused uproar in international media the week before,…
Formula 1 | Forever Mercedes? Lewis Hamilton speaks plain language
Lewis Hamilton’s contract with Mercedes ends in the summer of 2023, but team boss Toto Wolff recently did not rule out that the record world champion in Formula 1 could…
What language did they speak in Troy?
Troy was on fire. After ten years of war, the Greeks had managed to enter the city with a ruse. Now they were chasing everyone. The Trojan warrior Aeneas hastened…
Review: The 1975 :: Being Funny In A Foreign Language
A look back at the ratings of The 1975 albums in this magazine: In 2016 I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SLEEP FOR YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL YET SO UNWARE OF…