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Knock A Shining Dog

Fear, confusion as colleagues suddenly switch into Luxembourgish

October 16, 2020

Expat Luxembourgish

An expat who works in Capellen is recovering after a scary, morale-threatening six-minute plunge into total Luxembourgish. The incident occurred on Tuesday while Rachel Larson, who moved to Luxembourg two years ago, was having lunch at a restaurant with her office mates Annick Krier and Sylvie Wagner.  “We’d just ordered our plats du jour and […]

Filed Under: Expats, Featured Article, Luxembourgish

On this date: first anglophone amused by ‘dat ass’

September 30, 2020

Dat ass Luxembourg

This year marks an important moment in the history of anglophones in Luxembourg. It was on this date 200 years ago that the first English speaker found humor in the Luxembourgish clause “dat ass.” Welshman Thomas Lewis spent several weeks in Luxembourg City on his way to Switzerland where he hoped to start a new […]

Filed Under: Expats, Featured Article, Languages, Luxembourgish

6 Luxembourgish place names that sound like sex acts*

November 21, 2019

6 Luxembourgish place names that sound like sex acts

Péiteng If you and your partner engage in this, make sure to bring a raincoat and an umbrella. Dikrech  While this might sound like kinky fun, it usually results in an emergency visit to the urologist. Suessem Usually requires at least one participant to make noises suggestive of a vacuum cleaner. Rëmeleng Highly inadvisable, especially […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Languages, Leisure and Lifestyle, Luxembourg Countryside, Luxembourgish

Monolingual Luxembourger discovered

October 14, 2019

Monolingual Luxembourger discovered

A woman believed to be the only Luxembourger who speaks just one language has been found in the north of the country where she claims to have spent the last 80 years living in a cave. The party of hikers who found the woman on Sunday say she didn’t understand when they addressed her in […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Languages, Luxembourgish

Help! Which local language should I learn?

March 5, 2019

Wise Expat Sage: Which language to learn?

French, German, Luxembourgish, Portuguese … I don’t know which one to choose! By Wise Expat Sage Dear Wise Expat Sage, I recently moved to Luxembourg when my partner got transferred here. Before I begin working, I’d like to take a language course to feel more comfortable in social situations. My question: which language should I […]

Filed Under: French, German, Languages, Luxembourgish, Wise Expat Sage

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