We often used to spend our summer holidays hiking up and down the mountains in Austria. So I’ve grown to love this country. Nowadays you’ll find me more in the capital city. I generally go to Vienna at least once a year. If you’ve never been, you must go one day. It’s one of my favourites!
Do you do business with Austrians? Read kwintessential.co.uk’s guide to Austria and learn about its language, culture, customs and etiquette.
“Most mothers tell their daughters to marry doctors. But I told mine to marry an archaeologist, because the older she gets, the more interested he will be in her.”
Here’s another quiz from the Telegraph. This time you’re asked to identify 15 islands. But be careful, it’s tricky!
Now I thoroughly enjoyed doing this quiz, so I’m sure you will, too! 🙂
We want to treat people with respect, don’t we? Therefore, we need to be careful with our choice of words.. We want to use respectful, gender-neutral language; language which doesn’t offend others. This is what being “politically correct” means to me.
For example, instead of using the words ‘policeman’ and ‘postman’, I now like to say ‘police officer’ and ‘postmen and postwomen’.
If you often confuse the two-letter prepositions ‘in’, ‘on’ or ‘at’, read the Voice of America’s article on Everyday Grammar. The idea of moving from the general to the specific might be able to help you remember how to use them correctly in the future.:)
“Hyphen” is a word that very few people here seem to know. In German, it means “BIndestrich”. Do you know that little symbol of connectivity? This article should help you understand how it’s used (link to: Purdue OWL).
