New week, new interesting links found. Stop what you’re doing, take some time for yourself, and enjoy!

El español neutro es una variedad de la lengua española empleada extensamente en las traducciones y los doblajes, sobre todo, por las compañías trasnacionales.

One of the hardest things I found when starting University in England was the difference in regional dialects of my new-found friends and even more so, their seemingly bizarre use of slang…

Anglicisms are words, idioms, or features of the English language occurring in or borrowed by another language.

O samba é uma manifestação cultural de ritmo inconfundível e um dos símbolos da identidade cultural brasileira. Um samba gostoso de ouvir e que tem a letra interessante é o “Samba do Approach”, do compositor brasileiro Zeca Baleiro, cantado por ele outro Zeca, o Pagodinho. A música começa assim: “Venha provar meu brunch, saiba que [...]

Trochę to trwało, zanim znalazłam to, czego szukałam. Kiedy po raz pierwszy padł w naszej blogowej „redakcji” pomysł napisania o słowach roku, pomyślałam, że nic konkretnego nie przychodzi mi od razu do głowy, musi przecież być jakaś rada, jakaś komisja lub redakcja, jakieś wydawnictwo, które zajmują się produkcją takiego rankingu. Ale znalazłam co prawda antysłowo [...]

It took me quite a while to find them (…) I thought there must be some council, commission, publishing house or at least a newspaper that chooses the word of the year…

the Word of the Year 2009 for English and German! Ladies and gentlemen the winners are…

If you know a great blog by someone undertaking a semester abroad, an international internship, or any sort of exchange program that involves living abroad you are in the right place!!

Bored at work? Sheltering from the cold? Professional procrastinator? All of the above? There are many reasons why you should check out this week’s TGIF links. Enjoy!