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European Tongue Twisters

  • Post author:europeisnotdead
  • Post published:January 12, 2019
  • Post category:Expressions of Europe/Uncategorized
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“She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore", “Tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo en un trigal”, “Les chaussettes de l’archi-duchesse, sont-elles sèches, archi-sèches ?” Tongue Twisters will teach you a lot on European culture and history.

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European Little Johnny jokes

  • Post author:europeisnotdead
  • Post published:January 12, 2019
  • Post category:Words of Europe
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Jaimito in Spain, Toto in France, Pikku-Kalle in Finland, Jantje in the Netherlands, Oin-Oin in Switzerland and Pierino in Italy... In almost every single European country, there is an equivalent for the Little Johnny jokes.

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European Longest Words

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  • Post published:January 12, 2019
  • Post category:Words of Europe
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‘Anticonstitutionnellement’, ‘Antidisestablishmentarianism’, ‘Menneskerettighetsorganisasjonene’ Did you know that a German 79-letters word is the European longest word? Or that the Irish Gaelic one is the shortest (longest) word in Europe?

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European Fairy Tales

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  • Post published:January 9, 2019
  • Post category:Books of Europe
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Once upon a time, there was an old continent inhabited by fairies, witches and all sorts of creatures. In this magnificent kingdom that wise men called Europe, adventurers shaped their fate as they formed new friendship.

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European Monopoly Streets

  • Post author:europeisnotdead
  • Post published:January 8, 2019
  • Post category:Words of Europe
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“Mayfair”, “Rue de la Paix”, “ Schloßallee”. Every European knows the name of the most expensive lot on its Monopoly board. But did you know that in Italy and Germany the street names are fictive?

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European Untranslatable Words

  • Post author:europeisnotdead
  • Post published:January 7, 2019
  • Post category:Words of Europe
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Have you ever experienced saudade in Sintra? Or German Schadenfreude? Was it better or worse than the hygge you felt in Denmark? Untranslatable words are actually the essence of European diversity…

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