Christmas can be celebrated in a non-religious way, even in areas without popular Christianity. Christmas is actually a global festival, celebrated in different ways.

Noël approche et avec lui son avalanche de cadeaux ; le Nouvel An est proche, qui fait déjà sentir une odeur de bonne cuisine et promet de nombreuses réjouissances. Pour tous? Non, car dans la rue la bise souffle à travers les manteaux élimés et la faim tenaille les estomacs. La France et la Belgique [...]

Christmas is coming and is accompanied by a deluge of presents ; New Year’s Eve is close behind, with its fragrance of good food and festivities. For all of us? No, because on the street it’s colder than ever and empty stomachs are painful. However, in France and Belgium two successful initiatives have been launched [...]

Trouver le mot le plus long d’une langue est toujours sujet à controverse: accepte-t-on les mots créés de toute pièce ? Le vocabulaire chimique compte-t-il? Et quid des agglutinations? Pour trancher, nous avons demandé à des locuteurs natifs quel était le mot le plus long particulier à leur langue (celui qui ne se retrouve pas [...]

It’s always difficult to work out the longest word in a language. This controversial question stumbles often on the choice of the criterions: can we accept the artificial, coined words? Should we take into account the chemistry (and its gigabillion-letters-long molecules names)? And what about agglutinations ?

Broadly defined, linguist is someone who is engaged in the study of human language. Throughout its long history, language study has known thousands of names from Panini, the author of the first Sanskrit grammar, to John Grinder, the founder of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). To navigate successfully in this abundance of names, see the description of the genus Linguist communis below.

В широком смысле слова лингвист- это специалист в области линвистики, изучающий все существующие и когда-то существовавшие языки. Сотни людей, от Панини, автора первой грамматики санскрита, до создателя метода нейро-лингвистического программирования Джона Гриндера, оставили свой след в многовековой истории лингвистики. Ориентироваться в этом море имен не так просто, поэтому мы предлагам Вам опыт биологического описания рода [...]

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“Wanderlust” ist eines der wenigen Wörter, die es in die englische Sprache geschafft haben. Zumindest erscheint es in Wörterbüchern und intellektuellen Kreisen. „Wanderlust“ genauso wie „Fernweh“ beschreiben den Wunsch, in die Ferne zu reisen, um neue Welten kennen zu lernen. Ein oder zwei Jahre im Ausland sind bereits eine große Herausforderung für einen jungen Menschen; [...]

“Wanderlust” is one of the few German words that have made it into the English language. It appears in dictionaries and is used in intellectual circles. “Wanderlust” as well as “Fernweh” describe the desire to leave one’s home to discover places one has never been to before. Going abroad to spend a year or two studying is already a sizeable challenge for a young person. To leave family and friends who have accompanied you throughout your whole life changes your personality and attitude towards life……