Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Marie Antoinette's Kids
In case you have ever wondered what happened to the children of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI after the family was arrested during the French Revolution, here is a brief article from Mental Floss:
What Happened to Marie Antoinette's Children?
Most Commonly-Spoken Languages
I often get questions about which language is spoken most in the world. People usually think of English, and with the rise of English as Lingua Franca, this may one day be the case. If measured by population, however, people often forget about some of the world's most densely populated countries and the dominant language in each of them. To put an end to some of these questions, here is a link to another infograph from Mental Floss which breaks down languages by population.
Proportional Map of the World's Largest Languages
What Languages Are the Hardest to Learn?
This infograph from Mental Floss shows the breakdown of a handful of languages based on their difficulty for English-speakers to learn. Since I often get questions about whether Spanish is easier than French or which is the hardest language to learn, I figured this article would provide a good answer.
What Languages are the Hardest to Learn?
What Languages are the Hardest to Learn?
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
12 Charming Facts About 'The Little Prince'
Le Petit Prince is one of those books that it seems like everyone knows. This list post is pretty timely considering that The Little Prince has also been made into a new movie that will be released this July. So, for your reading and viewing pleasure:
*In school, you probably learned that book and movie titles should be italicized, articles and poems should have quotation marks around them (" "), and single quotes (' ') should only be used for quotes within quotes. This is generally true, but journalists sometimes have different sets of rules that they follow. The rules of grammar and punctuation are sometimes murky.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Sacred Heart
I'm in the process of trying to clean out my inbox, and I found this gem from Garlie. Enjoy!
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