Archiv des Autors: Bruno
Vegan turtle soup
Thanks to AI, A Chilean company managed to create a plant-based turtle soup that tastes like turtle meat. But why do vegans want to eat something that tastes like turtle meat (or any other meat-based products)? I still don’t get … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit everyday life, food
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Journée mondiale de la machine à laver
Il y a beaucoup de journées mondiales étranges. Aujourd’hui est la journée mondiale de la machine à laver, inventée par les Allemands. Ce jour est un hommage au théologien de Ratisbonne Jacob Christian Schäffer et à l’année 1767, qui a … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit everyday life, Strange Holidays
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Phone calls in a foreign language
Have you ever had to make a phone call in a foreign language? Can you remember what you felt before you started the call? I still remember when I had to call the school office where I’d booked an English … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit everyday life, language, learning
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Gamification of learning (Part 1)
On YouTube, you’ll find many language enthusiasts saying that gamification of learning is bad. This is often meant in the context of language learning apps. But is it that bad? This kind of statement is not fair. Everything that keeps … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit language, learning
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Day of the Rose
Today is the first day of Valentine’s week, and according to an unknown internet resource, should you hand over a rose to your loved one? Even ChatGPT couldn’t help me and assumed that this was a creation of the marketing … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit everyday life, tradition
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I’m missing the real winter
It’s January, and the outside is brown and green. I still remember when everything was white and we could sledging and skiing in my area, not just for one day, but for weeks. We built our ski slopes at the … Weiterlesen
To take a French leave
The saying “To take a French leave” is used in various Countries. In Switzerland and parts of Germany we say “sich auf französisch verabschieden”. It describes the act to leave an event without saying goodbye. It’s said that the origin … Weiterlesen
