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September 28,
Interesting Food - Marmite

Marmite is quintessentially British, but did you know it wasn't invented by a Brit? It was invented by a German. (Justus von Liebig was looking for an inexpensive nutrition source for the poor of Europe, and his discovery that yeast could be concentrated and eaten, led to the manufacture of Marmite. I'm not sure if […]

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January 27,
Language Learning - Be careful (some swearing)

Take care when you learn a new language. No really, be careful, especially if you take my advice to, "Mimic famous people, play with the different accents in films etc." http://www.learnenglish.de/ImproveEnglish/improvespeakingpage.html

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September 30,
The German Elections

So glad I missed the hype. Guess what?  She is still on her perch. 🙂

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February 24,
Squirrel
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October 26,
Genglish - Seriously Nutty

Genglish Originally uploaded by waɪ.tiː Yes, it's seriously nutty the way Germans use English in advertising.

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February 20,
False Friend

Herren Garten DarmstadtOriginally uploaded by waɪ.tiː German = Bank English = Bench But if you're talking about those rotten financial institutions that lost all our money, then bank is fine.More false friends here.

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