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Grandma’s Crazy Phrasebook, Now with Audio!
June 30th, 2009 | No Comments
I’m happy to announce that Grandma’s Crazy Phrasebook now has audio! Starting next Monday, all Grandma’s Crazy Phrasebook posts will contain .wav files with native speakers uttering the sentence. In the meantime, the audio has been added to the back catalogue. Enjoy!
Grandma’s Crazy Phrasebook #13: Mosquito Bites
June 29th, 2009 | No Comments
“I’ve got a mosquito bite on my face.”
我的臉被蚊子咬.
Wo3 de5 lian3 bei4 wen2 zi5 yao3.
顔を蚊に刺されました。
Kao wo ka ni sasaremashita.
A Compendium of Useless Spanish Phrases
June 23rd, 2009 | No Comments
…you can probably guess what I watched today from this list:
- ¡Inconcebible! Sigue usando esa palabra. No creo que significa lo que cree que significa.
- ¡No soy zurdo! ¡No tampoco zurdo!


American-born Taiwanese girl who married a Japanese guy. And who forgot about six years' of Spanish grammar and most of the vocab.
Korean-American girl who blogs under a Spanish pseudonym because being culturally confusing is fun. Native speakers say that she has outstanding Spanish (which is a definite compliment) and outstanding German (which is most assuredly not).
American-born, Taiwanese guy who took five semesters worth of German and ended up with a major in Linguistics.