Keep it simple
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” Albert Einstein
(This is one of my favourite quotations!)
Talking about stereotypes …
So how do the Germans view the Americans? Listen to what these people have to say (link to: YouTube).
Time to smile?
“A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station…”
Your secret weapon?
What is your secret weapon? Is it one of your senses or your heart?
Do this quick and easy test to find out – and have a little bit of fun at the same time.
Do you have adult beverages?
We’ve talked about euphemisms before. Remember? They are those milder, vaguer words that are used instead of words that are considered to be offensive or unpleasant.
So, instead of talking about beer and liquor (in America) or beer and spirits in (Britain), you might hear the term “adult beverages” – meaning drinks for adults only!
Learn how to use full stops (or what the Americans call “periods”)
The Visual Communication Guy tells us how to use the most common punctuation mark (what he calls “periods” and what I call “full stops”!).
