language

Winos, Doggy Style and Strange Furious Drinks: Lost in Translation in Croatia

Lauren Simmonds

Google Translate, the enemy of the state.

Adverbs, Cocks and Dalmatian Furniture: Lost in Translation in Croatia

Lauren Simmonds

Google Translate is not your friend.

Shakespeare, the Pope and the Way to the ”See”: Lost in Translation in Croatia

Lauren Simmonds

A wise man once said that a different language is a different vision of life. He couldn’t have been more ...

Four Magical Words and the Alphabet: UK Language Imbecile’s Continuing Croatian Catastrophe

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The difficulties of the Croatian language strike again… Photo credit The Word Point Fresh from my baptism of fire first ...

Leprosy, Bitches and a Burek named Desire: Lost in Translation in Croatia

Lauren Simmonds

Like I said last time, language can unite and it can divide!

Smallpox, Diarrhoea and Free Hand Jobs: Lost in Translation in Croatia

Lauren Simmonds

Language is a tricky thing. It unites us and it divides us, either way, it can be very funny.

Want To Learn Japanese? Come to Dubrovnik!

Lauren Simmonds

You’ll hear many languages spoken in Dubrovnik, from Italian to German to English to… Japanese?

Learning Dalmatian as a Non-Speaking Croat: Part 1

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Me: “Can you help me take something out of my a***?” Friend: “Are you normal?” Me: “What? It’s not difficult. ...