Tag Archives: travel

Airplane call signs

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

  If you’re flying and your airplane doesn’t fall from the sky and leave you burning to death in a horrible crash, you might be able to thank my friend Joe. He just graduated from air traffic control school. (Congrats!) … Continue reading →

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New Zealand slang from Beyond the Trail

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

When we left off with Rob and Debra, our Beyond the Trail travel bloggers, they were backpacking it across Australia, soaking up sun, drinking Fosters (Okay, I don’t know if that part is true.), and rifling both the cities and … Continue reading →

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Important travel phrases

Posted on June 10, 2011 by

On Monday I will be travelling to Montreal to have some fun, to soak up a beautiful environment, and mostly to practice my French. This got me thinking about the most important phrases to know when travelling to a country … Continue reading →

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Funny Spanish idioms

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

Dear Grammar Party readers,   Next week I will be sunning myself on the beaches of Cabo San Lucas. And while I will probably still be thinking about grammar, since I am a nerd, there will be a one-week hiatus … Continue reading →

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Denglish, Franglais, Germish, and Spanglish – English words find new life across the globe

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

Lesson: How English words evolve in other languages Last time we discussed false friends, words that look the same or similar to words in other languages, but have different meanings. Related to false friends are pseudo-anglicisms. These are English words … Continue reading →

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