Language Nerd posted an article on Adventures of the Language Nerds - Jun 26, 2009, 10:46 am
Why do the languages of the world have to have such complicated sounds? In English we have the famous "th" sound that children and ESL-ers alike have difficulty pronouncing. In Spanish I struggle daily with the "rr" sound. Oh, it's easy, everyone tells me. Just pretend you are riding a motorcycle an...
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Language Nerd posted an article on Adventures of the Language Nerds - Jun 22, 2009, 1:01 am
Examining dialect and grammar in emails. Here's the scenario. You work with someone who is from the south, where the spoken dialect includes words such as ya'll and ain't. You are trying to sell something to this person, so in order to appear friendly, you adopt their lingo. The usage of these di...
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Language Nerd posted an article on Adventures of the Language Nerds - Jun 19, 2009, 9:46 am
Hello everyone! I hope your week has been a little less hectic and chaotic than my own. I was just thinking recently that the last time I was in German was exactly two years ago. While I wish I could travel there more frequently, I will just have to settle for German online for now. That is why I di...
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Language Nerd posted an article on Adventures of the Language Nerds - Jun 18, 2009, 11:35 am
As most travelers and expats know, language is very important. Maybe you already speak the language of your host country, but some of the words are different, like the difference between American and Australian English. Or maybe you know nothing. Not even "hello", "goodbye" or "please" and "thank yo...
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Language Nerd posted an article on Adventures of the Language Nerds - Jun 12, 2009, 7:00 am
Yesterday's post was all about the one millionth word of the English language. Today's word buzz will be similar with some more of the newest words to make it into the Oxford dictionary as supplied by www.askoxford.com. aerobicized or aerobicised adj. (of a person's body) toned by aerobic exercise...
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Language Nerd posted an article on Adventures of the Language Nerds - Jun 11, 2009, 6:59 pm
Wow. I'll bet you never knew English had such an extensive vocabulary. Or if you did, pat yourself on the back. This is what Yahoo Tech had to say about the new addition to our ever expanding language: A U.S.-based language monitoring group crowned Web 2.0 as the one millionth word or phrase in th...
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Language Nerd posted an article on Adventures of the Language Nerds - Jun 9, 2009, 1:01 am
Have you cursed the English language for its difficult spelling? Have you ever wondered why the spelling seems so messed up? A story from Sara's introduction brings to mind this idea. Here is what she said: For seven months, I lived in Santiago, Chile teaching English. It made me realize how fort...
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Language Nerd posted an article on Adventures of the Language Nerds - Jun 5, 2009, 10:49 am
This Friday's word buzz has been on my mind a lot as I have been sampling more than my fair share of the delicious Chilean wines. Obviously, there is much more wine vocabulary as entire books have been written on the subject, but this is your weekend crash course. (The vocabulary was taken from http...
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Language Nerd posted an article on Adventures of the Language Nerds - Jun 3, 2009, 1:00 am
Has anyone ever told you that you should talk like a girl? Here in Tokyo, this has become a phrase I have become all too acquainted with. For, in Japan, men and women not only have separate train cars, they have separate language codes as well. Before I moved to Japan, my Japanese friends were mos...
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Language Nerd posted an article on Adventures of the Language Nerds - May 31, 2009, 1:01 am
Hello лангуаге нердс! Аманда here! The Cyrillic alphabet is the alphabet used by many countries in Eastern Europe (and Asia). For a list of languages that use this alphabet and map of the countries, you can go here. I was first introduced to the Cyrillic alphabet by a friend wh...
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