What’s your accent?
Now that I’m working in two languages (French and English), I’m starting to see the differences in the way people pronounce words in French and even in English, I can i
What traveling does for and to you
I get that not everyone has time, let alone money to travel, but let’s say you have both and you’d like to, well here is a look into my past 3 years of on-and-off trave
Learn a new language (French) with a minimal amount of work
As I may have mentioned offhand to very few people, BF and I have started speaking in only in French the majority of the time. We started sometime in late October 2012. It’s
What’s the third most common language in your state?
Fascinating. And here’s the Canadian version that shows the top 3 languages spoken aside from English or French. The most common are Chinese, German, and Arabic
Are American tourists really all that rude?
Reading eemusings account of trying to teach English alongside some Americans, made me think back to the number of comments I’ve received from foreigners. The main reaction I
The Intolerance of Immigrants by Strangers
As an immigrant, I’ve somewhat experienced an ‘otherness’, due to my initial accent in English, while living here. It’s been pretty much eradicated over the
The Necessity of Language: Why we all use and learn English globally
This article about how Quebec plans on reforming Montreal so that people speak more French than English is slightly disconcerting, especially when you read this: The Minister respo