Originally a victory party to celebrate 2,000 untrained, badly armed Mexicans defeating 6,000 French troops in the Franco-Mexican war, Cinco de Mayo is now a celebration of all things Mexican….
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Learning to write in another language isn’t the same as learning to speak – it can be much more daunting. Whatever you write stays there on the page (or screen)…
“Sooner or later I’m going to have to learn English”… “I’ll do it next year,” “I’ll never learn,” ”What if I fail”? Why do we do some things immediately and…
READ IT IN ITALIAN What would Milan be without all the Chinese-run sushi bars, or Brixton without Balti, or anywhere without spaghetti? The profusion over the years of emigrants, escaping…
OK, so “OK” is once again considered to be the most understood Global English word worldwide. I like it, it’s accompanied me through life, it’s friendly, and it’s fair, and…
The recent purchase of Grom by Unilever is only latest in a series of foreign investment in the excellence of Made in Italy. But the tables are also being turned;…
Halloween has become a worldwide festivity. Even if most of the world has opted to celebrate the American version of All Hallows Eve others have held on to their own…
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Tongue twisters rely on alliteration – the repetition of the same letter or sound in adjacent words…
Punctuation is, today, an integral part of any written text. Words become almost nonsense without the presence of commas, full stops and question marks. Yet thegreekswroteexactlythatway, yes, just like that,…
So you want to be able to speak better English, to improve your English communication skills, you want to be – say it – you want to be fluent. Fluency…
To non-speakers, Arabic can seem strange and difficult; yet many of those alien words have actually become part of our English (and Italian) vocabulary, here are ten of the most…
As fashion weeks invade September across New York, London and Milan, we introduce 5 curious terms and their meanings for trends for the coming fall/winter. Quirky Weird in a good…
Language acquisition is a complex unconscious process and there are many nature vs. nurture theories as to how we actually acquire a first language. Suffice to say there are stages…
Italian fashion is synonymous with style, sophistication and quality. From clothes to shoes, bags and accessories, the Made in Italy label helps promote the excellence of Italy as a whole…
Living and working, permanently or even temporarily, in a foreign language country often, unfortunately, means living in semi-ignorance. You may know what’s going on all around the world but you…
Italy is experiencing a crisis of confidence that is both domestic and international. But it’s not game over; the country has still huge potential. It has been a year since…
Non c’è niente di meglio di una supertorta di mele americana per finire una cena in bellezza! Per preparare un’ottima sfoglia, mia madre mi ha sempre insegnato: “metà burro rispetto…
A vast volume of translated material, including legal material, from and into English, and of widely varying quality, gets produced. Some of it is abysmal. One must say at the…
From the wonder of the first steam train in the early 1800’s, to the excitement of dining on the orient express, from cruising through Japanese suburbs to rumbling through Eastern…
The Recent dip in global luxury brand sales in china could partly be due to overseas study. The cool young Chinese “fashionistas” in the know are moving from super-luxury global…