Rewrite it, quickie!
English sentence structure for German speakers can sometimes cause problems. How would you write the following sentences? 1. inform you / writing to / about our / we are / …
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 …
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, …