You know how sometimes there isn’t a direct word for word translation from one language to another? As a language
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I Paid Her To Touch Me, And Then THIS Happened!
Awhile back I had the most outrageous massage experience in Taipei ever. It definitely tops my personal list of crazy
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The English Mistake Taiwanese People Don’t Even Know They Make, And It’s Confusing & Funny As Hell
Sometimes language mistakes are so standardized that non-native speakers actually think they are correct. A fine example of this is “no problemo” used by
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Get To Know Esperanto
A friend of mine, Teddy Nee, has been learning Esperanto for the past eight months. I’m curious about this artificial
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“Western Guys Date The Ugliest Taiwanese Girls!”
“Western guys date the ugliest Taiwanese girls!” a Taiwanese guy said to me recently. I see plenty of western guys
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10 Reasons Taiwanese Guys Don’t Date Western Women
中文版 Since living in Taiwan I’ve noticed very few Taiwanese guys with western girlfriends or wives. But there is no shortage of
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What Foreigners Notice About Taipei Might Surprise Taiwanese People
As a foreigner arriving to Taipei for the first time, you are sure to notice three things: This post addresses
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Food & Sex: Spanish Double Meanings
The Spanish language is full of words that convey double meanings. In Mexico, speaking in double entendre, or “albur” as it’s
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Scientists Claim Learning Chinese Makes You Smarter
New evidence suggests that learning Chinese may train a host of cognitive abilities not utilized in the study of other
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Why Rush? Reasons To Slow Down Your Language Learning
It’s hard not to notice this trend in language learning; it seems everywhere I turn there is a push to
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