You’ve gone to a new country. You’re either learning the language there through a language school, or you’re on the streets surrounded by the language. Billboards speaking to you with simple phrases and a picture that you start learning words from. The sound of the language everywhere. Sooner or later this immersion or bombardment…
Many non-native English speakers would assume that 99% of the celebrities in Hollywood are from the United States. But truth be known, that Hollywood picks the best actors, that can speak English, which means that you will find Canadians- Mike Myers, English-Orlando Bloom and Jude Law, Australian, New Zealanders- Sam Neill, Scottish- Ewan McGregor,…
At Street Talk Savvy we’ve compiled the list of the best words in the English language. They are probably the best for getting a laugh because most are outdated or just sound funny. We’ve compiled a list of the 10 Best Words in the English Language (and therefore the most useful). 1. Spiffing– This is…
It may or may not be a useful word in French, but today we would like to introduce to you the word “Karcheriser”. The first use of the word probably came from the association with the German pressure cleaning product or power cleaner Kärcher, and from there it entered the French cultural lexicon. The most…
Merry Christmas to you all. Today I’m writing about a different Christmas custom. One that is played out in Colombia. It’s called ‘mis aguinaldos”. An “aguinaldo” translates from Spanish as a gift, but can vary in its entire meaning from country to country. In Colombia the idea is to play mis aguinaldos, where you…
Scorregio was a good Italian boy. He was no oil painting, but then again very few men from his region in Apulia were. The important thing was that he and his mother thought that he really was attractive, and that was all that mattered. Scoreggio when he was young liked spending time with his father…
Svenska flicka It’s an often pondered question. Who are the most beautiful women on the planet? No it’s not Kazhakstan, like Borat would have us believe, it’s those beautiful Scandinavian goddesses from Sweden. Have you any doubts, here’s some of the proof: We’ve often heard one with blonde hair and beautiful eyes, say Hello I’m…