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 […]
Oh, sweet child of innocence: expat oblivious to tremor after French person says ‘en français, S.V.P.’ to Luxembourger
An expat who speaks neither French nor Luxembourgish and has no awareness of the centuries-old linguistic tensions in the region remained peacefully oblivious on Tuesday morning after a French woman asked a middle-aged Luxembourgish shop assistant to speak French. The situation occurred at a boutique in Mersch when 59-year-old Chantal Arndt approached a customer and […]
How to fight back when the cashier insists on French
For too many years, expats in Luxembourg who don’t speak French – maybe because they tried signing up for a course at the INL that one time but couldn’t navigate the website, or because they are allergic to certain language families – have been victimized by the Francophonie. As these expats innocently try to complete […]
Average ‘moien’ to last 9 seconds by 2050
Citing figures provided by STATEC, experts have predicted that the average duration of Luxembourg’s traditional greeting “moien” will grow to an astounding nine seconds by the year 2050. “You don’t need a degree in linguistics, high-tech recording equipment, or an understanding of mathematical modeling to know what’s going on,” said Alan Recher, a researcher in […]
‘A little’ English, lies Luxembourger
A Luxembourgish Post employee who was asked if he spoke English and responded by saying “a little” has told a bald-faced lie, according to witnesses. The fraud occurred on Friday morning when Georgia Panagopoulos visited a Post branch in Luxembourg City. “I wanted a new phone, and I had a lot of questions,” said the […]
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