Travel Lingo For Moving To A New Place [Infographic]
When it comes to travel lingo, the places we go very much influence the things we say. Take a visual journey through all the ways we say “I’m moving!”
Category Archives: Language
A Wise Person is One Who Says ‘Thank You’, Pt. 2
An anecdote: Traveling puts us at the mercy of strangers. Especially when stumbling over the barriers of language, minute relationships are built on help – freely given – and gratitude […]
“Share or Die”: It’s The Same in Any Language
Every one of you has traveled at some point, or shown an interest in the world around you. You’ve lived on a shoestring, or exchanged ideas with other backpackers. So […]
Language Lesson #3: Burmese
“Shu shu” – the Burmese term for the uncomfortable, or “ana”, act of peeing your pants in public. Though not a word you’ll use much on your visit – unless […]
Burma or Myanmar: What’s in a name?
Living within one hour’s walk from the Thai border, my students (Karenni refugees from Burma) refer to their homeland simply as “inside.” The word conjures images of a mysterious location, […]
Speaking Karenni
Burma is a Jackson Pollack painting of peoples and languages. The country has over 135 distinct and recognized ethnic groups, divided into eight over-arching “ethnic states”. These states have made […]
Education Shock: Explaining Magic
Education shock: noun- a derivative of culture shock; a state of bewilderment and distress experienced by an individual teacher or student who is suddenly exposed to a new, strange, or […]
Too Mutch For Words 