Memory Play Notes

Insults these days can sometimes feel so drab. While once in a while someone will get out a good zinger, too often people rely on F-words, A-words and

Congratulations! You’ve been chosen as the Representative of the Human Race™ to send a message into space. You have the opportunity to blast something

Halloween is a huge day in a child’s life. It’s the only holiday where it’s perfectly alright to go from door to door threatening to cause minor prope

Learning a new language requires a variety of skills. Beyond learning the vocabulary and grammar, it is also important to develop a feeling for the na

At Babbel, we believe that language is the key to unlocking higher education, whether that’s out in the world or in the classroom. That’s

Germany, home of bland food, efficient-but-rude people, and a harsh, guttural language — at least if you listen to outdated, tone-deaf stereotype

The anti-productivity movement is taking hold, particularly within the breathless culture of hustle and self-improvement that is the United States. Th

English is the most-spoken language in the world, and it can be found spread far and wide. While there’s no official lingua franca for the plane

The average human sleeps about eight hours a night for, on average, 75 years. That adds up to around two hundred and 22,000 hours in a lifetime. What

No language is a monolith. If you travel around the world and you only talk to English speakers the whole time, you’ll hear countless variations on th

People are naturally fascinated by Switzerland — and this admiration isn’t just a love for chocolate and mountain walks (all right, maybe a litt

Early in my journey doing stand-up in the United States, a comedian approached me. He was impressed not by my jokes, but by my ability to perform in a

There’s a greeting and a farewell for every situation, and the way you say goodbye in Indonesian will depend on a number of factors. How well do

Provence is perhaps most famous for its magnificent landscapes, but there is another unique feature of the region: Provençal French words and expressi

Anyone who has been to Italy, even just once, knows to what extent it’s a country of dialects, and not just because there are so many. In some regions