Humor is a very important component in any language, and understanding humor is a huge leap to understanding the subtle nuances of a language. Sometimes, it can be so subtle and can require a certain level of language proficiency to completely understand. If you are reading this, chances are you are one of those people …
Jokes and Puns You Can Only Understand if You Know Some Arabic. Read More »
There is nothing more embarrassing and hurting to the title of a language savvy than mispronouncing words. A lot of people pick a certain pronunciation of a word and just go with it, mindless of the fact that that pronunciation is incorrect. Pronunciation of food names is especially important. Would’t you hate if a waiter …
No language has all of the words, and English is no exception. While you can express the complex feeling of “insecurity, fear, concern, and envy over relative lack of possessions, status or something of great personal value, particularly in reference to a comparator, a rival, or a competitor.” with one word (i.e. jealousy), some other …
15 Untranslatable Love Words That Simply Don’t Have English Equivalents. Read More »
When you hand a translation job to someone who is not a translator, don’t expect the results to be good. Expect hilariously bad results. We’ve got very hard laughs from translation fails before but we’ve never had ones that are dedicated just to menus translation. They can be very hilarious especially when the translations go way off. …
Cultural and linguistic diversity is very interesting. The melting-pot of different cultures and languages in the world defines the genius ways that humans came up with to express their thoughts and identities. These differences become staggering when one travels to different places. You get to understand that the way you live is not the only …
Because science is all about announcing big facts and discoveries, curing serious diseases, and unraveling the eternal mysteries of the universe, we usually associate it with seriousness and boredom. We think that science and humor don’t get well together. Well, that’s not actually the case. Science is about everything, and humor is part and parcel …
If you’ve never lived somewhere else outside your country, you will always have false assumptions about other cultures. And this is very common, everyone has stereotypes about other countries and cultures, but sometimes they can go really far. To give you an idea about the most common stereotypes that people in different places have about …
28 Maps Mocking National Stereotypes Around the World. Read More »
Cultural and linguistic diversity is very interesting. The melting-pot of different cultures and languages in the world defines the genius ways that humans came up with to express their thoughts and identities. These differences become staggering when one travels to different places. You get to understand that the way you live is not the only …
30 Hilarious Comics That Illustrate The Differences Between Cultures and Languages. Read More »
A tautology is an expression or phrase that says the same thing twice, just in a different way. Differently said, it is an expression that has two or more parts that are redundant, or synonymous. Most often, a tautology is considered undesirable and a fault of style and is avoided at all costs in literary works. …
19 Totally Redundant and Tautological Place Names. Read More »
As of today, there are approximately 7000 spoken languages in the world. The great majority of these languages are spoken by very tiny minorities. It might come as a surprise to know that about 70% of the world’s population, two-thirds of the people walking the earth right now, use or speak only 16 of these …
Map Shows Where The Most Popular Languages Are Spoken. Read More »