GYG Day 54. ‘I’d’ vs ‘I’d’
Tricky Teatime Titbits for this Thursday morning, eh?! You know we love to shorten everything to save speaking and typing energy. ‘I’d’ & ‘I’d’ obviously look the same, but depending …
What’s gonna happen next?
On the British BBC TV sports quiz ‘A Question of Sport’, one quiz was called ‘What happened next’. The contestants are shown sporting footage, which is paused and they are …
10 telephoning phrases to speak like a native on the phone.
Telephoning can be one of the most challenging things you have to do in a foreign language, maybe the person speaks very quickly, with a difficult accent, and to make …
Getting to know the Brits 1.
In this age of Brexit, I’m sure many of you are left wondering, who exactly are the Brits, you thought you knew so well. In his book ‘When cultures collide …
The East Berlin footballers who fled the Stasi.
The 30 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall has been all over the media in the last few days. Ever since I visited Berlin in April 1990, …