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Some Noteworthy Language Tools

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Here are some new and old language tools worth mentioning…

Speech Accent Archive – If you’d like to hear or study accents in English check out this site. People from all over the world recite a paragraph in English.

Internet Slang Dictionary & Translator – also translates internet acronyms like lol

Nice Translator – Uses the Google translator, but displays text in a way that’s easier to read.

Verbix – Conjugates verbs in many languages

WordReference.com – online translation dictionaries translates words from English to: Spanish, Italian, Russian, German and French (translates in both directions).

Hello World – language resources for Kids

LanguageGuide.org – Visual Dictionaries in various languages

Feel free to mention any language tools or sites you like in the comments below.

-Mama Lisa

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Posted in Ascension Day, Countries & Cultures, Great Britain, Holidays Around the World, Language Dictionaries, Language Sites, Languages, Languages, Languages, Learning, Mama Lisa, Online Dictionaries, Recipes of the World, Recommendations, Teaching | 1 Comment »

May Holidays in France

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Monique Palomares of Mama Lisa’s World en français (our site devoted to children’s songs around the world with their French translations) sent me this short post about public holidays in France in May…

It’s too bad for French people this year! Usually, May 1st and Ascension Day are separate public holidays, but this year Ascension Day falls on May 1st. So French people only get the one holiday off.

Ascension Day is a Christian Holiday that celebrates when Jesus is believed to have ascended bodily into Heaven (40 days after his resurrection).

May 1st is Labor Day in France. We give our family, friends etc. a sprig of lily-of-the-valley as a good luck charm if we visit them.

On May 8th, we celebrate the surrender of Nazi Germany – which was the end of WWII for us. The mayor of each town places flowers at the foot of the Monument to the Dead in each town. The president of the Republic places one on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier below the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

Come read a previous post about Why May 1st is Labor Day Around the World (Its origin stems in US history).

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