by Christine Burgmer | Apr 1, 2014 | Allgemein |
Last year some people got quite excited after it was announced that Firebox was selling a fully-functioning Iron Man suit. You can imagine how unhappy they were when they found out that it was a big joke. It was April Fool’s Day!
‘April Fool’s Day’ is celebrated on 1 April every year. It’s a day when people play practical jokes on each other (but normally only until noon!). So watch out!
The BBC played a joke on its viewers many, many years ago. They showed Swiss farmers harvesting spaghetti from trees. You can watch the video here (link to YouTube).
by Christine Burgmer | Mar 31, 2014 | Allgemein |
“Golf is a good walk spoiled.”
Mark Twain
I’ve never played golf before (my father was an avid golfer) so I can’t really say much about Mark Twain’s quotation. However, I thought that golf might be a good way of killing two (or even three!) birds with one stone. You’d be getting a lot of healthy exercise, meeting people and also enjoying a good game.
Have you ever played golf? Or are you thinking of starting one day?
by Christine Burgmer | Mar 27, 2014 | Allgemein |
The ‘b’ in the following words are silent, which means that you don’t pronounce them:
climb (klettern)
comb (Kamm)
debt (Schuld/Schulden)
doubt (Zweifel)
numb (taub)
thumb (Daumen)
Here’s a great list of words with ‘silent’ letters. Just click on the loudspeaker icon to listen to the pronunciation. My pronunciation just sounds a bit different because I come from England! 😉
by Christine Burgmer | Mar 25, 2014 | Allgemein |
British and American English often spell the same word differently. For example, British English words that end in
-re often end in -er in American English:
British         American
theatre         theater
centre         center
litre           liter
So it’s your decision which spelling you use. Just try not to mix and match!
by Christine Burgmer | Mar 20, 2014 | Allgemein |
I have two very good dictionaries on my tablet, but I still like to use an online dictionary now and again. My favourites are: www.dict.cc and www.leo.org.
If you can’t find the translation for a word, you can always ask for help in Leo’s forum. Here’s a discussion on how to translate the German word ‘Teesieb’. You see, there are always people out there in the big wide world who are willing to help out!
