The McGurk Effect
Is seeing believing? In the case of the McGurk effect, it very much is! Even if you know about the McGurk effect, it doesn’t lessen its effect. The McGurk effect changes how we hear sounds based on what we see. If we see what looks like a B, we will hear a B, even if […]
The horrors of Japanese English textbooks
Some Japanese textbooks have really weird stories in them. In one party, we are given a riveting 3 lines about someone wanting some salt and asking someone else to pass it over. And another story tells about a man who goes to hospital. Why are there such weird stories in these textbooks? Oh well, at […]
A german attempting to speak japanese
Japanese is actually pretty easy to pronounce. Unlike English, Japanese only has about 40 possible syllable in the language. All words in the language are made up of different combinations of these syllables. Once you are able to pronounce these syllables, you can pronounce everything in the language. Why not give Japanese a try 🙂
Phrases of 2015
Words and phrases come and go as society and culture changes. Have you pocketdialed anyone? Taken a few selfies? The word selfie was coined many years ago, but it took a while before it took off. It even made it into a word of the year award. What are some of your favourite new words or […]
15 Phrases invented by Seinfeld
Close Talkers and Double Dippers: 15 Phrases ‘Seinfeld’ Spawned Pictures | Rolling Stone Shrinkage, spongeworthy, serenity now: check out the memorable terms that the popular sitcom have embedded into the culture Source: www.rollingstone.com/tv/pictures/close-talkers-and-double-dippers-15-phrases-seinfeld-spawned-20140702 Are you a close talker or a double dipper? It is a real sign of the popularity of a show when […]
Languages of the world
Mapped: The 7,000 languages across the world – Telegraph Many countries are home to hundreds of languages, sometimes despite having very small populations Source: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/12066200/Mapped-The-7000-languages-across-the-world.html There are about 7000 languages in the world, but only 200 of them are written (usually very large languages). Most languages in the world are spoken by a very […]
