The canary islands, so many of them. Nothing to do with canaries. The names is connected with dogs, canine, but never mind.
You can fly to one of the islands and fly or ferry to another. We decided that two in one trip was enough. Follow up with a second trip to the other two islands.
They speak Spanish. That's a plus point, because it is the easiest language to pick up if you are an English speaker.
The Islands
West to eastPost being written and researched. Come back shortly.
What are they? Little square sandwiches of two biscuits with a cream chocolate filling, covered in solid chocolate. The smaller size biscuits therefore seem to have a generous amount of chocolate. Very more-ish.
I had them in Singapore at a wine tasting a few years ago. The person introducing them made such a fuss about them that I was expecting something unusual. What was the fuss about? They were just chocolate biscuits.
I had them at a Toastmasters club meeting last week. I had one. Two. I went back for a third. I had to walk away.
This week I saw them in Tesco. Surprise. White chocolate. I love white chocolate.
Today I looked at the photo. I thought, that's what I want. Timtam biscuits.
Regarding the spelling, the packets seem to run the two syllables together, as you would say them. However, websites list the word as two syllables.
The biscuits were invented by a man who saw Penguin biscuits in Britain and thought he could make something even better. He named his biscuit after Tim Tam, a prize winning race horse in America. If you go to America, you can see Tim Tam listed in the Hall of Fame of racehorses in the National Museum of Racing.
The National Museum of Racing has an online shop selling books, tee-shirts, caps, a key ring, assorted bottles and glasses, but no TimTams. Maybe somebody should suggest it.
Useful Websites
Tesco online ordering
Tesco Shops locations
ebay Tim Tams
Wiki on Tim Tam history and flavours
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Tam
Tim Tim official website
https://www.arnotts.com/brands/tim-tam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame
https://racingmuseum.mybigcommerce.com/shop
Please share links to your favourite posts.
comida - food
creer - to believe
esto - this
fiesta - party
isla - island
(el) león - (the) lion
la maestra - the teacher
noticias - news
el océano - the ocean
oro - gold (gold ore)
parque - park
(una) sortija - ring (jewellery)
tarea - homework (think of a task in your home area)
universidad - university
visitantes - visitors
food - comida
gold - oro
Homework - tarea
island - isla
lion - león
news - noticias
the ocean - el oceanó
park - parque
party - fiesta
ring (noun) - sortija
stadium - estadio
the teacher - la maestra
this - esto
university - universidad
visitors - visitantes
Please share links to your favourite posts
cerazon - heart (both words have the letter ea, and the letter r, and are about caring)
desierto - desert
fotos - photos
guerra - war (as in guerilla warfare)
inviernos - winter (The Spanish and English contain the letter in and er. Inviernos con nieve winters with snow, both |Spanish words contain n ie)
la naturaleza - nature
nieve - snow (both words contain the letter n and v or w)
rey - king (letters r and y in rey and royal, one who reigns)
reina - queen
vida - life (as in the English words vitality, revive)
Now try to remember English-Spanish
los insectos - the insects
los - the (plural, as in los angeles, the angels, name of the American city)
nuevo programa - new program
el programa - the program
la secretaria - the secretary
un vida simple - a simple life
the insects - los insectos
the (plural) - los
simple - simple
https://springlanguages.com/learn-spanish/spanish-words-used-in-english
Please share links to your favourite posts.
.jpg)
Language can be used to greet friends and customers, and to warn of danger.
How many of you recognize hello and welcome in another language? In the film Cabaret Liza Minelli sings to the audience, Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome.
Croiso - welcome in Welsh.
How many of you - stop!
An old rude saying in English is, mind your own business.
What is 'your business'? Your life is your business. What you are busy with. In an office or shop, restaurant or hotel. What you are selling to other people, and learning or buying from them.
Postpone Alzheimer's
There are three good reasons for being bilingual.
1 Being bilingual, on a personal level, postpones Alzheimer's in your family. Being bilingual can postpone Alzheimer's for five years. Studies in the USA and Italy have confirmed this. So you can prolong your active life, and that of your parents and children by encouraging the study of languages and use of languages. This is important for both the quality of life and family finance and government spending.
2 You can make friends.
3 It looks good on your CV. Status. Kudos. Skill. Confidence and pride.
4 Travel is less stressful. Read road signs and maps. Ask the way when lost.
5 You can read and understand ingredients and washing instructions. Good shopping at home and overseas for souvenirs.
6 It is FUN!
Hello, goodbye and thank you in Swedish.
hello
goodbye
thank you
HELLO IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES
GOOD evening. French, bonsoir. Spanish .... German .... Portuguese ...
You can download a picture of hello in several languages if you travel to foreign airports, or just on the internet, or use google translate.
Hello a-z of languages, hello in Arabic, Saleem, meaning peace, Shalom, in Hebrew.
You already know lots of Hebrew, and Yiddish. Yiddish is German, written in Hebrew.
Languages A to Z
How are you, Chinese, ni hao, sound like how are your knees, ni hau.
Bienvenue, Wilkommen, Welcome.
Why learn another language? What use is it to you, your family, and your workplace.
If you are a parent or grandparent, your offspring's life is your business. Do you speak and teach good English? Are you learning and teaching two languages, four, or six?
If you learn and teach a new language every year, in ten year's time, you and your colleagues and employees, your spouse and children, could be speaking ten languages - in ten years time.
Will everybody in this room live another ten years. I am 80. If I live to 89, 90, or older, like my father, mother, my grand-daughter will be able to say, my grandmother spoke 8 languages, as well as good English.
When I went to Canada on holiday, I was impressed by the fact that in the capital city, people in restaurants and hotels, staff and customers, were bilingual. They spoke English and French. Nowadays, the top three languages spoken worldwide are English, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish. When I lived in Singapore I decided Chinese was difficult. Spanish is the easiest language, taking the fewest hours. That's a fact. The American military have language schools for interpreters for their troops. They know how many hours of lessons are needed for a course to make you fluent. Every time you go on holiday, you have a free immersion course. In four hours, without booking a holiday, you could be in Wales.
If you speak English, you already know a huge number of foreign words. My husband and I have a lsit of French words used in English. Of course we all know lots of words from food, and French menus. Such as croissant. Italian cappuccino. English is one of the romance languages. I learned Frere Jacques, brother Jack, in primary school. I buy Jacques Vert clothes. Vert is green in French.
Latin at secondary school.
A parent at a Toastmasters meeting told me that her child's kindergarten teacher told her that the tiny children had no problem learning six languages, and did not muddle them up. Children can learn languages from flashcards and Duolingo ABC. Adults likewise, also from Wikivoyage phrasebooks and
Welsh words on tea towels from
Land of my Fathers | eBay UK Stores
Learning languages can be challenging. But it is also fun, and full of entertaining and interesting surprises.
For example, languages which use the same word for blue and green. Welsh. Like our English word turquoise.
Easy Plurals
In English, children and foreigners learn nouns first. This is a table, a chair, a house, a cat, a dog. The Japanese learn action words, verbs. I asked a Japanese friend for the Japanese translation of Hamlet's speech about his decision not to commit suicide. To be or not to be. She translated it as to do or not to do.
If you struggle with English plurals, you might like Chinese and Malay. For plurals you simply say the word twice. In Singapore I had two Chinese Singaporean friends, called Shan and Shan-Shan, her name meant mountain. the other was Shan-shan, plural, meaning mountains. She was a big girl.
W XYZ
Welsh, xhosa, yiddish and zulu.
Yiddish for good morning is gut morgn.
We can end on Zulu. Hello is Sawubona to a single person. It means I see you. I remember it as I see you, good, sawu, bona. To a group, ninjani.
This post is being updated. Come back in the next 48 hours for more.
fferm - farm
o - from
oren -orange
un - one
farm - fferm
from - o
one - un
orange - oren
Wales - Cymru
You can buy a handy tea towel with Welsh words from ebay, giving you the numbers one to ten, the months of the year, the days of the week, and several place names. Ready for your next trip to Wales, in real life or on the internet.
Useful Websites
ebay
Welsh words with lady on harp picture in the middle, good price £4.99 and free postage but out of stock, however Welsh recipes in stock
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133647382026?itmmeta=01KJST820X5EY5N3YHTB11XH46&hash=item1f1e01360a:g:1~MAAOSwUhth4ae8
Welsh ladies alphabetical tea towel from Our Welsh Gift Shop on ebay
