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2023: Happy New Year of the Rabbit!

2023: Happy New Year of the Rabbit!

Chunjie, the first day of the Chinese Lunar calendar. When Chunjie is approaching, Chinese people are busy purchasing goods, cleaning the house, cooking traditional Chinese food, making Spring Festival couplets and hanging spring festival pictures. Spring Festival...

Chinese characters, as hieroglyphs in brief

Chinese characters, as hieroglyphs in brief

Chinese characters are unique among all the existing languages on the planet. Compared to English, the biggest difference between these two languages is that each Chinese character or word has an individual meaning itself; English, on the other hand, is made up of 26...

Musings on Milano in 3 ‘E’s

Musings on Milano in 3 ‘E’s

Since arriving in Milan, we have made numerous observations on everyday life in the city, and how they compare to that which we’re used to in England. The few which we will discuss here all begin with the letter E. 1. Epicuriousness We’re not sure as to whether this...

What if Jekyll spoke English and Hyde Italian?

What if Jekyll spoke English and Hyde Italian?

If Personality is “the sum total of all the behavioural and mental characteristics by means of which an individual is recognized as being unique”[1], then can bilinguals have two personalities, depending on the language that they’re speaking? Or are behavioural...

Where the languages are spooken…

Where the languages are spooken…

When intermittently listening to Arabic versions of Lion King songs the other day, it seemed natural to ask why we found these versions so much scarier than the original soundtracks that we know well and love. Was it perhaps because it was unfamiliar and we couldn’t...

Postcards of the World

Postcards of the World

For 12 years, Eurologos Milan has been creating a new postcard for every season, dedicated to its best customers and suppliers. You can find them in the gallery below.

How babies Sort Out Language

How babies Sort Out Language

If you dream of your child growing up bilingual, it’s essential that you start from day one or, even better, before your baby is welcomed into the world. Did you know that the foetus is exposed to the rhythms and sounds of language before birth? In this article from...

Pineapple or Ananas?

Pineapple or Ananas?

Taking a look at the following table, do you notice anything strange? ‘Pineapple’, the English name for the tropical plant & fruit Ananas is completely different from the rest of the languages listed in the table. According to Wikipedia, “the word ‘pineapple’ in...

We’ve got a Little Fairy Among Us

We’ve got a Little Fairy Among Us

n a small study in a hidden corner of Villa Mirabello, amongst bonsai trees, pastels and freshly sketched drawings, Viviana Spreafico works and collaborates with us. She’s a Milanese illustrator and letterer and the creator of the drawings in our tale Glocalland and...

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