This flittered across my Facebook newsfeed recently and gave me a good laugh. I may be guilty of attempting point five…
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Lower Saxony has just become the final state in Germany to revert to free tuition. This is in stark contrast to what is happening in my home country, Australia, where the current government is trying to deregulate university fees. Fees which are high enough already in my opinion! Continue reading
“There are no such things as synonyms!!” I still remember how these words from Tom Robbins, in Jitterbug Perfume, grabbed my attention. I wondered if it was true. Learning new languages has taught me that it is. Every language has it’s unique ‘untranslatable’ words. The most famous Danish example is ‘hygge’. I have been provided with many translations for this beloved word. The simplest is ‘cosy’, but that doesn’t do it justice. My favourite translation is more of a short story.
Hygge?
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