A little place for learning languages
By Peter on Jul 10, 2009 in Language Fun | 4 Comments
Listening and understanding Spanish is a big weakness for me. I can read Spanish much better than I can listen to it. So, to get better at it I’ve been spending more time listening to Spanish music and podcasts. Since I last wrote about finding music you like in your language of study, I have [...]
By thomas on Nov 22, 2007 in Language Fun | 2 Comments
Rikker at Thai101 has published a fascinating post about Thailand’s first printing press. The owner published a newspaper called the Bangkok Recorder, and advertisements seemed to confuse some of the readers. Here’s an excerpt:
I, the owner of this newspaper, have heard that those who purchase the Bangkok Recorder wonder, “Why are so many [...]
By thomas on Oct 26, 2007 in Language Fun | 2 Comments
Rikker over at Language Scraps has made a great find: Multibabel. Just type in an english sentence and it will translate it back and forth between several languages and English until you end up with a machine-translated mess! Here’s my entry:
Original English Text:
I want to eat apple pie.
Translated to French:
Je veux [...]
