“Subprime” voted 2007 Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society
In its 18th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted “subprime” as the word of the year. Subprime is an adjective used to describe a risky …
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Spanish language on American TV
As Hispanics have grown into the largest U.S. minority, it’s now very common to hear Spanish being spoken in American TV series, for the sake of authenticity. But not all …
Read MoreA grammatical error in Indonesia’s slogan to promote tourism
The new slogan of Indonesia’s new tourist campaign, which reads “Celebrating 100 years of nation’s awakening”, should instead be written as “national awakening” and not “nation’s awakening”. Unfortunately the slogan …
Read MoreDrink your coffe in a Freelang mug and help an orphanage in Thailand!
I’m very happy to announce the opening of our online Souvenir shop! You can buy not only mugs, but also steins, mousepads, bags, a large variety of t-shirts, and even …
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Interview with Renato Figueiredo
Renato Figueiredo has written no less than 16 dictionaries for Freelang. How does he proceed when he makes these dictionaries, and what are his goals? Thanks to this interview you …
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Random quotes from Ian Rankin’s Rebus series
I’m a big fan of Scottish author Ian Rankin and his Inspector Rebus series. Today I want to share a few quotes from some Rebus books with you. Tell me …
Read MoreLanguages die every day
Like living beings, languages are born, live and die. But the problem is, many of them just die, and at a dramatically increasing rate. Linguists estimate that there are about …
Read MoreHow it all began, 10 years ago
So what happened 10 years ago? On July 17, 1997, I received an email from a friend with whom I was used to share some free software. Like I knew …
Read MoreFreelang celebrates its tenth anniversary!
Freelang has actually been on the web for 10 years now, or at least the French version of the website, to be precise. Let’s celebrate this event together, during the …
Read More10 days countdown to Freelang 10 years anniversary
Taking into account a new Samoan dictionary that we will publish soon, our Brazilian friend Renato Figueiredo is the author of no less than 16 Freelang dictionaries. Isn’t that worth …
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