by Christine Burgmer | Oct 20, 2017 | Allgemein |
The English word for ‘Hauptsitz’ is ‘headquarters’ or ‘head office’. Believe me, the word ‘headquarter’ does not exist!
by Christine Burgmer | Oct 19, 2017 | Allgemein |
Why not start a conversation with a surprising fact? Something like: “Did you know that the fastest growing fingernail is on the middle finger and the slowest growing is on the thumb. I wonder if this is really true …!”
by Christine Burgmer | Oct 18, 2017 | Allgemein |
Originally the exclamation mark (that’s this mark here: !) was used for an actual exclamation, like ‘My goodness!’. Today it tends to be overused. So be careful. You might like to limit yourself to one or two exclamation marks in an email. You...
by Christine Burgmer | Oct 17, 2017 | Allgemein |
“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.” Samuel Johnson
by Christine Burgmer | Oct 16, 2017 | Allgemein |
“Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, contented, and really nice English people; and what do you always find? That the stables are the real centre of the household.” George Bernhard Shaw
by Christine Burgmer | Oct 15, 2017 | Allgemein |
So what is a boss? I’d say that he or she is someone who is late when you are early, and early when you are late. Do you know what I mean? 😉
