When Royal Dads Get Present-Buying Wrong
History doesn’t record the reaction of Henry VIII’s daughter, Mary, when her dad presented her with a gift on March…
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Are you learning an endangered language?
We’re now into the third week of our uTalk Challenge! Over 350 people are taking part and over 40 languages…
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#uTalkChallenge – how did we do in week 1?
So, we’re a week into the uTalk Challenge… Thank you to everyone who’s thrown themselves so enthusiastically into learning a…
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#uTalkChallenge 2016: which language will you learn?
The uTalk Challenge is almost here! From January 1st, start a new language for free, and learn as much as you can…
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Interesting idioms from around the world
No matter what language you’re learning, at some point you’ll probably come across idioms. These phrases, on the surface, seem…
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It’s Raining Cats and Dogs (and Wheelbarrows and Old Ladies)
‘It’s raining cats and dogs!’ is a common British phrase meaning that it’s raining particularly hard. There are various theories…
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Lost in translation: making sense of maths
Reading Nat’s post about all the fascinating linguistic differences and difficulties that she and her translators experienced when translating the…