Hi! Today is April 1st, which means it is April Fools Day. Do you remember why this is an important day? If not, you can check last year’s post HERE. Every year, hundreds of companies ...
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Christmas dinners all over the world!
Ho, ho, ho! (that’s “hello” for Father Christmas). We know not all of you celebrate Christmas, but we think this is still interesting: what people eat for this celebration all over the world. Below you ...
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Halló! (that’s “hello” in Icelandic). We found this beautiful infographic on how new words are born, and we wanted to share it with you. Below you will find the text and more information on what ...
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Hi you, Do you know Debbie Millman? She is an American writer, educator, artist, and designer who is perhaps best known as the host of the Design Observer podcast ‘Design Matters’. She also wrote how to ...
Read More »Do you know what a ” Ghoti” is?
Good morning people of the Earth, How was your weekend? We discovered a new word: ” ghoti“. Do you know what it is? It means fish. “Ghoti” is a constructed word used to illustrate irregularities in English spelling. ...
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Helloooo! It’s Friday today, are you looking forward to the weekend? We sure are! In an interview by HuffPost to Eliana Stanislawski, the United States Actions Coordinator for IDC: “We need a Day of the Girl. Girls experience ...
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Good day! Welcome to our little corner of the Internet. This article is from the Huffington Post but we had to share it on our blog, because it’s so awesome to remember all of the ...
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Good day to you all. An onomatopoeia is the creation of words that imitate natural sounds. For example, in English the sound snakes makes is called a “hiss”. Why? Because to us, that’s what it sounds ...
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Good morning everyone! Today we are excited and proud to introduce you to Kaplan International Colleges. Like us, they are passionate about finding new methods for you to fall in love with the English language. ...
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Good morning! Pangaea, Pangæa, or Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, forming about 300 million years ago. It began to break apart around 200 million years ago. The single global ocean which surrounded Pangaea is accordingly named Panthalassa. The ...
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