Las Escuelas de Inmersión en Francés

Tweet (This is a “Spanish Friday” post. Here is the English version, according to the Fish) Tracy en Latinaish.com ha tenido una buena idea: “Spanish Friday“. Así que voy a escribir esta entrada en español.

Languages and Business Opportunities

TweetThis morning I and my wife went to a Chinese café for breakfast. Somehow they offered free Chinese newspaper. I looked for the headline expecting some specular world event to unfold. To my disappointment, the headline read “華裔移民第二代 喜中西合璧婚宴” (2nd-generation Chinese prefer Chinese-Western fusion wedding banquets). It also showed the photo of a businessman who [...]

Languages Spoken in Toronto

TweetAfter more than a year of waiting, the data finally came out last week. Statistics Canada released the language-related statistics of the 2006 census. Here are the top 20 languages “spoken most often at home” in Toronto, my home town, and their corresponding head-counts and percentages:

The Language of Good

TweetSince I have joined so many language exchange websites, I am quite used to receiving language exchange requests from time to time. Back in September, I received yet another one. But this time it was a bit unusual. First of all, she was a native French speaker (bilingual French/English to be exact) asking for a [...]

The Doctor’s Office

TweetThis morning, I needed to call the doctor’s office to reschedule my daughter’s appointment for next week. From the other side of the line came a female voice: “The doctor’s office…”

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