Showing posts with label wotd. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wotd. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

WOTD

"Just now" (South African English): is going to happen imminently

Very confusing when compared with the other (non-South African) meaning: "just happened".

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Word of the Day #6

Liegeois (french) - a type of (extremely yummy) waffle (with nuggets of molten sugar inside) from the city of Liege in Belgium. Did I mention that they're really (really) yummy?


Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Word of the day #3

Llegados (español): arrivals

Can you guess where I was recently?

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Word of the day #2

Descafeinado (español): decaffeinated

Note that this is not pronounced the same as décaféiné (français). A very important distinction I, once and only once, failed to realize.