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I Told You So!
We try to protect our loved ones and advise them of danger or problems we perceive. We try to teach our children not to do something as we know that the outcome will not be good. But when it happens despite our warning, we say the dreaded words: I told you so! We often even go as far as to hide our action, so that we do not hear the ‘I told you so!’
Is this also the case in other countries?
The French are not quite as direct in their accusations, they simply say:
Polish Autotranslation
Blog post written by our Polish team leader, Albin W, PhD., Poland
Both: Machine Translation and the ‘Twin Peaks’ TV series
What a strange title, you may think. Yes, it is a bit weird, but we will dive into the complicated Polish grammar here and you will see the connection.
In Polish you will find plurality of words for ‘both’. To choose a proper one you need to know what genders both subjects have. The form of ‘both’ depends also on the grammatical case used. I have counted eight basic forms of ‘both’ in Polish (obaj, obie, oboje, obu, obiema, oboma, obojgu, obojgiem) and even more longer synonyms (obydwie, obydwu, and so on).
World City Rome
by Uta Nelson
Originally from the Italian part of Switzerland, I had a chance to go back to Rome with my American family this summer. I had forgotten how much the Italian culture is a part of me, and how comfortable I feel in it. A quick chat with Renzo, the owner of the ‘bar’ around the corner who tells me “Your Italian is very good, you don’t have an accent, you speak like a native Italian speaker”, yes, I don’t look the part that is a significant part of me.
Pinterest, the new social media interest
I wasn’t particularly familiar with Pinterest until a couple of months ago, when an artist friend of mine shared the information on Facebook and commented on its benefits to promote his art. I was curious enough to look into it, as I have a couple of side hobbies and wondered if I could share, in a visual manner, what I occasionally like to create.
Happy Fourth of July to all!
An interesting statistic:
When the Declaration of Independence was signed on 4th of July 1776, there were an estimated 2.5 million people living in the newly independent nation (http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/HistoricalStatisticsoftheUnitedStates1789-1945.pdf), today, the census is counting an estimated 313.9 million people (http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html).
Happy Birthday America!