People Share the Biggest Culture Shock They’ve Experienced in Another Country
Have you ever experienced true culture shock? I’ve been to other countries, but I don’t think I’ve ever been so blown away that I was shocked. But my brother taught English in China for a while and he said that was a huge adjustment for the first month or so he was there. And a...
Learn About the Creepy Folklore of the Summonable, Evil Whales of Iceland
In true Tumblr fashion, this post that began about linguistics somehow devolved in the comments, ending up a discussion on (admittedly fascinating) Icelandic folklore. But since you clicked on this headline, you’re obviously not here for the linguistics, anyway – so, onto the evil whales, yeah? This is how the discussion began, and if you’re...
Diphthongs Are Ruining Our Accent, and 5 More Short Facts About Vowels
Where are my fellow word nerds at? I suppose if you clicked on this post, you’re right here – which is exactly where you should be if you’re excited to learn more about those five special letters in the English alphabet. Vowels as essential to building words in English, and if you think the only important...
8 Things You Might Not Know Were Banned from the White House
The White House is an historic symbol of American pride and freedom. And because it is both the home and office of the President, there are a great many rules about who can come and go and what they can bring with them. Obviously the public can’t bring in things like weapons. But it might...
13 Young People Look for Love and Adventure by Teaching English Abroad
It’s easy to feel lost right after college. Too many people ask what you’re going to do with the rest of your life. And who’s ready to think about 401ks and health insurance in their 20s? When they’re not ready to face “real life” yet, a lot of young people turn to teaching English abroad....
People Discuss How to Make Friends as an Adult if You Don’t Drink
There’s absolutely no doubt about it, it’s hard to make friends as you get older. And it’s even harder if you don’t like to go to bars and throw back a few adult beverages. But there’s still gotta be plenty of places to meet people, right? AskReddit users talked about this. Let’s take a look....
How Do You Make Friends as an Adult if You Don’t Drink? Here’s What People Had To Say.
I don’t know if this has been your experience, but when I was in college and in the years right after I graduated, I thought that I’d always have a big group of friends around and there would never be a shortage of friends to hang out with. Boy, was I wrong. Not that I’m...
People Share What’s Normal in Their Country but Weird In the Rest of the World
I’ve done a bit of traveling in my day, but I’ve never been anywhere really exotic. But I’ve had friends who have traveled to China and India and they’ve told me that those countries in particular really felt DIFFERENT. And that they experienced legitimate culture shock there. But one of the best parts of traveling...