Linguists are having a helluva week. A new language was discovered in a remote village in Australia and Duden Dictionary updated the sophisticated German’s official vocabulary to include Shitstorm. The latter had me wondering about the correct article for this noun, which it turns out is “der.” For correct usage of this new word auf … Read More →
Girl turns 6 today. As such, she is officially a Schulkind. This means the time has come to purchase a Schulranzen. What’s that, you ask? I’d call it a satchel or a backpack, but this thing is so much more. Beyond the obvious configuration differences – it is more like a nicely decorated hard-sided box … Read More →
One of my siblings swears we will write a book together one day. It would probably be mostly comprised of our gTalk chats, which often occur late at night on account of the time difference. All modesty aside, this format brings out our innate hilarity. While I kind of doubt whether Wogrun (this is the … Read More →