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9 January, 2017

Unusual counting systems in European languages (Part II)

  • Language learning

Counting systems - Part 2


Second part of the series of posts where we discover that not all languages count in the same way. Why does 60 have to be 6 times 10 and not 3 times 20? 🙂

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26 December, 2016

Dar las uvas – Spanish sayings #2

  • Spanish sayings

Dar las uvas


In Spain we celebrate the end of the year with grapes, but we’ve made an expression out of it. You didn’t know? Keep reading or “¡te van a dar las uvas!”.

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20 November, 2016

When translation can be a bad idea

  • Language learning


Translation is usually perceived as a good thing because it allows us to understand, but had you imagined that there could be another side to it?

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Enthusiastic about languages and everything else around them for several years now. Academically speaking I'm an engineer, but culturally I'm a proud northern Spaniard, born in the early 90s who sometimes turns into a bit of a know-it-all.

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