by the LKTeam | 10th July 2024 | British culture, English, Tips, Translation
English can be this: “Come and have a butcher’s at our new products here – they’re lovely jubbly and won’t cost you a load of moolah!”* But it can also be this: “Take a look at our newest products here – great quality at a great price.” Alright, so...
by the LKTeam | 11th July 2022 | British culture, Language, Switzerland, Trilingualism
At the time of writing, today is Monday 20 June, World Refugee Day – so it seems like the perfect moment to tell you a little about our family’s latest adventures in languages and different cultures. Because we thought working full time and raising two wild pre-school...
by the LKTeam | 16th January 2019 | British culture, Language, LKT, Switzerland, Trilingualism
Type “trilingual families” in Google today, and you hit about 1,320,000 results (thank you, Google). But growing up as a child in a trilingual family thirty-odd years ago, I am sure that there was not this abundance of research articles, books and blog posts regarding...
by LKTeam | 11th April 2017 | British culture, Celebration
As Easter inches closer, in the UK we start loading our shopping baskets with chocolate and hot cross buns. Our friends and colleagues across the world, however, enjoy this festival differently. Easter is a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, as...
by the LKTeam | 9th November 2016 | British culture
Remember, remember, the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. On 5th November in the UK, fireworks light the sky and huge bonfires are lit all over the country. But why? It’s a unique...
by the LKTeam | 25th May 2016 | British culture
On Monday 30 May our office will be closed for the UK’s annual spring bank holiday, which falls on the last Monday in May every year (and hence is also known as the late May bank holiday). Most schools and many businesses close for this traditional one-day break, as a...
