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What do Vietnamese People Order in a Vietnamese Restaurant?
[…] Thank you so much to Brian, Hien, Thinh, and Kimberly for all your amazing help with my order! Menu for Nón Lá on Grubhub’s website: https://www.grubhub.com/restaurant/nn… More about the fried okra from my North Indian delivery episode I mentioned: … Continue reading
A Tour of The Accents of England
Polyglot and language coach Dave Huxtable takes a tour of the English accents of England, taking a look at the most interesting and iconic accents across the country and the phonetic features that make then stand out. If you like … Continue reading
Why Does Greek Music Sound Eastern? – And Why It’s a Dumb Question
This video is an in-depth discussion and analysis of the discrepancy between our typical understanding of Greece worldwide, and its nature as cultural force situated between and having aspects of both Western and Eastern cultural zones, and how recent political … Continue reading
How an advanced civilisation vanished 2,500 years ago – BBC News
The Tartessos were an advanced Bronze Age society that flourished in the Iberian Peninsula in southern Spain around 3,000 years ago. But 500 years later, the civilisation vanished mysteriously. Now new research is investigating how and why the Tartessos disappeared. … Continue reading
In ‘Microcosmos,’ Roberto de la Torre Photographs the Elaborate Masked Characters of Northern Spain’s Entroidos | Colossal
JULY 18, 2023 GRACE EBERT “Vellarron de Catrelo de Cima,” Galicia. All images © Roberto de la Torre In Microcosmos, photographer Roberto de la Torre (previously) centers his lens on the celebratory costumes of the entroido. Held widely in his … Continue reading
Neuromancer: The Origin of Cyberpunk | A Horrifying Dystopia
Even if you are not familiar with Neuromancer by William Gibson you still technically have seen it, this is the case with many groundbreaking works of science fiction because t ropes invented in books like Neuromancer have become standard in … Continue reading
What makes some languages sound HORRIBLE?
[…] Is 🇮🇹Italian delightful and 🇩🇪German disgusting? Is 🇨🇳Mandarin a melodic mess? In this episode, Rob meets the linguists who’ve tried to work out which are the prettiest and ugliest languages. The results are sure to surprise you. ==LINKS== Niklas … Continue reading
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