Thailand has never been governed by a European power nor had any foreign invasions.Continue reading Thai language translation: challenges and specifics
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Brave new vocabulary year
If words were to have their own popularity contest I suppose it would be word of the year or WOTY (in line with that American propensity for acronyms) established with the American Dialect Society in association with Merriam-Webster and the Global Language Monitor.Continue reading Brave new vocabulary year
The German Nikolaus vs. the American Santa Claus
Nobody really knows the traditional German Nikolaus in the United States.Continue reading The German Nikolaus vs. the American Santa Claus
‘Tis the season
“Christmas is a way of lighting a fire in the middle of the darkness of winter…“ I swiped that (I admit) from that impossibly opulent domestic goddess Nigella Lawson, who, despite the sometimes syrupy discourse that can give you the diabetic’s equivalent of an ice-cream headache, manages to say it just so from time to … Continue reading ‘Tis the season
Christmas markets in England and Germany
Every year and in the run-up to Christmas time it is once again time to get the tills ringing.Continue reading Christmas markets in England and Germany