When I mention that I work for Amazon, you’ll wonder if I know your friend Louis. You’ll be tempted to ask, but then you’ll remember that Amazon is a big company that locally employs thousands of people. You won’t remember if it’s two thousand or ten thousand; you’ll just know that it’s a large number. […]
Better sit down and relax: French couple in front of you at gas station start inquiry about cigarette prices
In what’s being called “a sign that you’re going to be stuck for a while, so you’d better sit down, take a nap, and tell your partner you’ll be back tomorrow,” a French-speaking couple queuing in front of you at a service station have engaged the cashier in a line of questioning about cigarette prices. […]
What to do if someone talks to you in Luxembourgish after they learn you got the nationality
You passed the Sproochentest, just barely, and now you’ve got the nationality. Cool! From here on, you’re on easy street and can forget all you learned, right? Wrong. What if someone speaks to you, now a bona fide Luxembourger, in Luxembourgish? Take your time There’s no need to panic. Take a deep breath, try to […]
Little a-hole refuses to acknowledge expat parents’ attempts at Luxembourgish
A 10-year-old who attends public school and was previously dutiful and considerate has turned into a little a-hole, refusing to acknowledge his foreign-born parents’ attempts at Luxembourgish. The little a-hole’s mother Tatiana says she doesn’t know what happened to him, noting that he used to happily assist his parents, whether it was translating a menu […]
5 famous people you didn’t know were Luxembourgish
When you think of famous people from Luxembourg, you probably think of Jean-Claude Juncker or Shakira’s asset manager’s lawyer’s former mistress. But do you know about these other famous Luxembourgers? Marie Antoinette (1755 – 1793) Don’t get fooled just because she was the wife of Louis XVI of France or that her nickname was “the […]
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