The Eerie Origins of Halloween
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The Top 5 Reasons To Learn Danish
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How To Say ‘Vote’ In 13 Different Languages
If you are a citizen of a democracy (or democratic republic), voting in elections is an important pa...
How To Talk About Family In Dutch
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The Top 5 Reasons To Learn Polish
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How To Communicate More Effectively With A Mask On
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Here’s Why German Love Songs Are Actually The Best (Seriously)
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The 8 Foreign-Language Songs That Have Topped The US Charts
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Quiz: Do You Remember The Words That Defined 2020?
Language, for the most part, seems to change pretty slowly. Teens might start using new words like &...
Un Día En Español 3: Teaching Spanish To American Students
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What Is A Coup, Exactly?
If you live in the United States and you didn’t know what a coup was before January 6, 2021, y...
8 Little, Unexpected Benefits Of Learning A Language
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Un Día En Español 6: Fake Wedding In Montevideo
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What’s The Funniest Word In The World?
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Are Gendered Words like “Mankind” Inherently Sexist?
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21 American English Phrases That Are, Like, Totally Useful To Know
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Why The Swedish ‘Mys’ Is A Must In Your Vocabulary
Assuming you caught wind of the hygge craze in the English-speaking world, then it probably didnR...
Multilinguish: The Story Of English
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Introducing French En Route: Our New Podcast For French Learners
Subscribe to French en route on Apple Spotify Spreaker or wherever you get podcasts. A New Podcas...
How To Say ‘I’m Sorry’ In 10 Different Languages
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How To Apologize In Russian
The first thing you need to understand about saying sorry in Russian is that if you’re America...
Why Is Most Language Read From Left To Right?
If you only ever had exposure to a single language, it would be easy to take certain aspects of it f...
The Unexpected Joy Of Being Bad At French
The young crêperie attendant probably said something like, Excusez-moi? Or Pardon? Or however you s...
Why Is Language Important?
Language is kind of a huge deal. Without it, there wouldn’t be, well, language. Or anything th...
What Are The Languages Spoken In Switzerland?
People are naturally fascinated by Switzerland — and this admiration isn’t just a love for c...
What Is The Longest Word In The World?
You may have heard that the longest word in the world is antidisestablishmentarianism. This 28-lette...
Do You Need To Speak French In Quebec?
So, you want to move to Montreal or Quebec City. Often billed as a slice of Europe within North Amer...
How To Apologize In Swedish
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The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: What US Soccer Culture Borrowed From The World
Soccer, or football as it’s known everywhere else, is truly the world’s game. 43 percent of the ...
Who Are The Most Multilingual Athletes In The World?
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