On Tuesday I visited the New-York Historical Society to see what I could find there about Dutch New York. Entrance, New-York Historical Society I love this museum because of its tenacious focus on one of my favorite subjects: New…
Having raced through the paltry available supply of 30 Dutch Pimsleur lessons, I am left largely to my own devices—meaning my grammar books—to help me add to my store of Dutch. When you don’t have regular oral practice,…
As I study along, I keep noting one amazing thing after another about Dutch, a language Americans are rarely exposed to, but one that has so many things in common with ours. With German the situation is different. It, too,…
Here’s the thing: I have started this new volunteer gig at one of NYC & Company’s Official NYC Information Centers, as I have mentioned, where one of my primary goals is to practice my language skills with…
Yesterday I ordered four books: Complete Italian Grammar, Complete French Grammar, Complete German Grammar, and Complete Spanish Grammar. These are all from McGraw-Hill’s Practice Makes Perfect series. Today they arrived.…
One of the things that most appealed to me about this language review is the opportunity, for the first time, to study a bunch of different languages all in one day. I Went to Top of the Rock Today, with…
In the book Complete German Grammar by Ed Swick, I read, “Sometimes the gender used in Germany is different from the gender used in Austria or Switzerland.” That I did not know, or at least I didn’…
I tend to complain a lot about my grammar books. My Complete German Grammar by Ed Swick is now full of my irritable comments on grammar-exercise design and how it is not what it should be, but I…
Dearest Readers, I know I am some weeks behind on this blog. I have received questions about that matter, inquiring about my health and well-being and continuing commitment. My health and well-being and continuing commitment are all intact. I truly…
The other day I observed to my husband, “I haven’t seen John for a while. I wonder if he’s sick.” I was referring to a longtime resident in my building, an elderly man I knew who had…
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