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It’s celebration time!
Put on your party hat and go wish someone a happy birthday—in Japanese!
…But wait a minute, are you sure you know how to?
Japanese is a language that places emphasis on relationships and politeness.
That …
Remember the guy who changed his legal name to Captain Awesome?
Or the little girl with the name “Moxie CrimeFighter?”
Those are pretty bizarre names.
…But guess what?
漢字（かんじ) — kanji can form extraordinary names, too!
And …
The internet: It has the power to make silly videos go viral, to spread celebrity gossip within a matter of minutes and lets us chat with people on the other side of the world.
Whether you’ve realized it or not, …
“You’re rooted, Brandon.”
A friend from Switzerland told me this one day. She was telling me how I reminded her of solid earth and trees. To her, I was grounded and stable.
Have you ever heard a natural element being …
Do you like mythology?
Love etymology?
Are you fascinated by astronomy?
Or perhaps, all of the above?
If you answered yes, yes and yes—then you’re going to like what we’ve prepared for you!
As you’re about to find out, …
Parroting.
Funny word, isn’t it?
I know it always makes me think of a colorful bird and chuckle.
It probably does that for you, too, right?
But do you know that parroting is just another word for shadowing, …
