von Camila Otálora | Montag, Mai 4, 2020 | Get informed
This week we’ll look into four idioms which share a common origin: baseball. These are most prominently used in American English, although they have spread to other varieties of English mostly through cultural osmosis. The prominence of these idioms in American...
von Nadja Wostiera | Montag, April 6, 2020 | Get informed
With this weekly post we want to introduce you into the culinary range of the English speaking world. Each week we present you an iconic dish and give you information around its origin, preparation and eating habits. Our first recipe comes from Lousiana, one of the...
von Öykü Coskun | Mittwoch, Januar 30, 2019 | Get informed
Picture source: 20th Century Fox. Three women and a car that has broken down, alone on a country road somewhere in Virginia. From afar, a police car approaches. However, the three women are not relieved, but, on the contrary, very nervous. Because we are in 1961, the...
von Öykü Coskun | Dienstag, Januar 8, 2019 | Get informed
Elaine Thomas is not only an accomplished singer, storyteller, and actress from Washington DC but also a professional English coach in Hamburg. Moreover, she gives courses on highly relevant topics that are related to the US and African American history. We...
von Öykü Coskun | Dienstag, November 20, 2018 | Get informed
Besides Christmas, Thanksgiving is the most important holiday in the US. It is always celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. Families and friends come together and share a lavish feast. However, it is not a uniquely US-American holiday, in Canada, it is...