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Not sure you would see this in other countries…

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on August 17, 2021August 14, 2021

You see the F word used in this way in Swedish pretty often. I don’t…

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Latest version of my Talking about Sweden booklet

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on August 14, 2021August 12, 2021

The sticky post at the top of my blog contains all the specialist glossaries I have…

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A Swedish idiosyncrasy

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on June 1, 2021April 15, 2021

The Swedish word for grapefruit is grapefrukt. The Swedish word for grape is druva or…

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Dysania

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on May 11, 2021March 22, 2021

…although in my case I think I hate waking up more than I hate getting…

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British vs American English

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 29, 2021April 30, 2021

           

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  • Teaching

The difference between equity and equality

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 28, 2021March 18, 2021

“It’s not about everybody getting the same thing,” Cynthia Silva Parker says “It’s about everybody getting…

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Gender neutral greetings

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 28, 2021March 18, 2021
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Interesting about orange

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 17, 2021March 17, 2021

Orange, seems to be the only basic colour word for which no other word exists…

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  • Animals

Collective nouns for animals

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 5, 2021January 25, 2021

http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/collnoun.htm – a very good list http://www.ojohaven.com/collectives/ – another list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_names list of animal names…

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Words with no equivalent in English

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 1, 2021February 10, 2021

English has the wonderful word ‘defenestration’, which does not seem to occur in any other…

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