Learn French Before You Hijack

TweetThis story just came out today. “A cunning pilot thwarted a hijacking by discreetly warning the passengers in French — a language the gunman didn’t speak — that he would knock the attacker off-balance with a rough landing, and that they should be ready to pounce.” Note the irony that the hijacker wants to go [...]

How Many Languages

TweetHow many languages should one learn at the same time? This is probably one of the most talk-about topics among the language blogs and forums. I had no intention to talk about it originally, but since I happened to be discussing this topic in a language forum recently, I might as well give my own [...]

In Search of RP Speakers

TweetIt was Friday night, the time to host my ad-hoc skypecast again. In the past two weeks, I hosted the ‘Learn a Language Now’ skypecasts to talk about all kinds of languages. This time, I wanted to do something different. I created a skypecast called ‘In Search of RP English Speakers’, with the following description: [...]

Choosing Between Language Learning and Blogging

TweetTwo days ago, Kelly the Aspiring Polyglot has decided to retire her blog, which has been running for almost a year. On one hand, I feel sad to know the departure of one of the finest language blogs around. On the other hand, I am glad to know that Kelly has decided to put more [...]

Fun With Global Translator

TweetHere is a follow-up on my recent post “Fish Jokes“. Although I discourage my fellow-bloggers to provide machine-translation links to their pages, from a reader’s point of view, I do find the existence of these links very meaningful. Indeed, they are extremely entertaining!

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