Monthly Archives: October 2009

Ich lerne Deutsch

My next trip abroad will be to Berlin so I am studying German. It will be a long time until I can afford to do any more traveling so I have plenty of time to learn German. I have not … Continue reading

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Sorff – Social Surfing

Sorff is a Java application that you can download at http://www.sorff.com/. It is a social networking application for commenting on web sites that you and your friends like to visit. You could think of it as extending a comment system … Continue reading

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Anglophone

The word “anglophone“ can be used to refer to the English speaking world community. For example, if you wanted to refer to the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Canada as a set of nations where English is predominantly … Continue reading

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Bill Ville

After discovering the amusing French dialect Chiac, un langage anglo-français du Canada, I thought it would be funny to imagine how Williamsport would change if the city were ever conquered by the French. This should freak out the local xenophobes! … Continue reading

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La Nouvelle-France : Le Québec

Over the weekend I finally finished reading Nouveaux Copains : Foreign Language French Level 1. This textbook was published in the early 1990s and reflects the multicultural approach to education that became politically correct in the 1990s. I think multicultural … Continue reading

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Book Seller

I have so many books that I’ve often joked about opening a bookstore. I have no place left for another bookshelf so there are stacks of books piled up everywhere. I’m fed up with the clutter so I’ve been selling … Continue reading

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