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Learning a language like Turkish may provoke fears of not having as many opportunities to be immersed in the language. While it may be more difficult

Venice is possibly the strangest and most fascinating city in all of Italy. Is it because of the lack of cars  — not counting tourists and vaporetti (

Norwegian pronunciation is a tricky beast to master, and not just because it’s riddled with vowel sounds that don’t come naturally to anyo

Admittedly, the case for learning Norwegian is hardly a numbers game. Norway is the only country where Norwegian is an official language, and its popu

The most common surname in the United States is Smith. Actually, the most common surname in just about every English-speaking country is Smith. As you

If you’ve ever decided to read a few “classic” Spanish books in your free time, you might have come across a strange expression or a word

My thoughts are racing, my eyes blur, as if I’m looking at the world through the bottom of a milk bottle. My breathing shortens and all peripheral sou

The 1970s started over half a century ago, and it’s a confusing era in hindsight. It was the decade of shag rugs, disco and fondue, and also the decad

Learning Spanish is about much more than memorizing vocabulary. In each Spanish Lesson, we explore a part of the vast Spanish-speaking world with text

For many languages that don’t already have gender-neutral pronouns built into their grammar — the most common exceptions being languages like In

When people create travel itineraries, museums, plazas and monuments are almost always at the top the list of places to visit. While those are all lov

For such a nominally Irish holiday, St. Patrick’s Day is one of the most international occasions of the year. On March 17 each year, rivers and

Every culture has a slightly different take on the seasons, depending on what the local climate and customs are like. Still, certain things about spri

When you only know English, you’re getting a limited look at what language as a whole can do. There are over 7,000 languages in the world, each of whi

This is the story of a very special little neologism, born in Sweden to Finnish parents: hen. The term — loved, hated, debated and famous worldwide —