What started as a functional yet tense conversation between a customer and a supermarket employee on Friday ended in disaster after the customer pronounced the French “u” like “ou.” Karen Aradóttir, who regularly shops at the Dudelange supermarket, was looking for items for her son’s birthday party including candles, chocolate sprinkles, and lastly, a children’s […]
Caritas Luxembourg unveils new €60-million yacht named ‘Charity’
Finally answering the question “where the hell did all those sixty-plus millions of euros of embezzled money go?” a source for the now mostly defunct Caritas Luxembourg has presented the organization’s latest acquisition: a luxury yacht lovingly named Charity. “You may wonder why we’d need a luxury yacht that’s docked safely away from EU […]
This expat was lightly shamed by a Luxembourger for not being able to speak Luxembourgish, so in his mind he shamed her for making an English grammar mistake
An exchange in English with a Luxembourgish plum jam vendor ended with an expat delving into a pedagogic interior monologue about present tenses in English. The imaginary lesson was delivered after the expat accepted a sample from the vendor at a shopping center. After a brief exchange in English, the vendor said, “You have lived […]
‘Ready, lads?’ Luxembourg man gathers scarves like officer readying troops for battle
Saying the time to prove themselves is now, a Luxembourg man has gathered all of his scarves for a rousing speech before going into the battle that is the chilly post-Schueberfouer weather. The talk was given on Wednesday morning in the man’s bedroom while outside winds pelted the land with cold rain. “Boys, you have […]
‘Honored,’ ‘humbled,’ and other words that are used and abused on LinkedIn
At best, LinkedIn is a land of false modesty, hyperbole, and pretense. At worst, it’s an Orwellian hellscape where words like “humbled” mean precisely the opposite and where everyone is proud, honored, and delighted – all the time. Which words are among the most used and abused? Honored Not too long ago, if someone described […]