International Tongue Twister Day

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International Tongue Twister Day

Languages other than English have tongue twisters, too. Twisters are universal and appear in nearly every culture and language to help practice pronunciation and diction. Examples can be found in languages such as Czech, Latin, French, German, Russian, and Mandarin Chinese. In Spanish, they’re called trabalenguas, literally 'tongue jammer'. In French, it’s virelangue (tongue twist), and in German, they call them Zungenbrecher, 'tongue breaker'.

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Two Weeks in Albuquerque

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Two Weeks in Albuquerque

For the past couple of weeks, we’ve been in Albuquerque, New Mexico, helping Gentry (our original web mistress, if you’ll remember) and her husband, Eric, remodel their kitchen. This past year has been the year of ‘the house’, ‘the condo’, ‘the kitchen’… the get-down-and-dirty repair, remodel, and renovate. We volunteered for just one more project and, as expected, it was a mix of fun, frustration, and hard work.

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