2. April 2019
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Small Children Did you know that in German some people, when they talk of a baby or toddler, and when it is binary, they call it little man or little mouse. “Oh, the little man is so cute / shy!” … Continue reading →
23. December 2018
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“But Baby, It’s Cold Outside…” Some years back, when I moved to Berlin, it snowed loads in winter. It was real traffic chaos causing snow. And the cold, so cold that your hands were numb all the time when you … Continue reading →
26. September 2018
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Cleverer School Girls? School girls are better at school, they are more likely to skip a class than school boys, who often even have to repeat classes. What do I base this premise on? On an analysis of the age … Continue reading →
10. September 2018
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Listen to What the Man says In one Ear, and it stays Inside Morning‘s at Seven Blue Tracks Red Cat An Outlook On September 1, Germany‘s national football team played a very important World Cup qualifying match in Iceland, the … Continue reading →
18. May 2018
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They’re Not Your Dolls Open the Festival Doors! – for men AND WOMEN 50:50 by 2020 I’m not your Toy, you stupid Boy! Poupée on a String Hey! I think you Forgot How to Play Simpy different Last saturday, in … Continue reading →
16. January 2018
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Comments Off on Es wird sich ändern – Change is coming
English Version follows German. Der heutige Text dreht sich um Musik, Veränderung und den 5. Geburtstag dieses Blogs. Warten – I know All About Waiting Vor Jahren entdecke ich die alternative rockband thenewno2 und war direkt begeistert von der Musik … Continue reading →
28. November 2017
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Comments Off on Was Hänschen lernt… – Teach an Old Dog Tricks!
English Version follows German. Es gibt ein altes Sprichwort „Was Hänschen nicht lernt, lernt Hans nimmermehr.“ Nun können wir natürlich darüber sprechen, wie viel schwieriger es ist, eine Fremdsprache im Alter zu erlernen, das Spielen eines Musikinstruments oder die Grundbegriffe … Continue reading →
13. October 2017
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Comments Off on Was wir hören sehen wir? – What we hear is what we see?
English Version follows German. Heute geht es um Sprache, Onlinerecherche und Onlineübersetzungen sowie eine Auto-und-Fahrrad-Metapher. Sprache, Bewusstsein und Veränderung Sprache verändert sich, seit es Sprache gibt. Sprachempfinden und -verständnis sind subjektiv, wie sicher alle bestätigen werden, die schon einmal „ich … Continue reading →
3. September 2017
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South Asia and a German Film – Brown People Matter Today‘s text is about the media coverage of the floods in USA and South Asia, the German film MONSOON BABY, fake news and two projects – one dance and one … Continue reading →
26. July 2017
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Letzte Woche wurde ich gleich zweimal interviewt: / Last week I was interviewed twice: Cecilia Johnson-Ferguson vom EWAWOMEN Netzwerk befragte mich (auf Englisch) zu meinem Besetzungstool NEROPA, und Yvonne de Andrés vom Aviva Berlin Online Magazin sprach mit mir … Continue reading →