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Spring Awakening
In which my thoughts turn to studying Chinese, Arabic, and Russian.
Last week I thought to myself, it would be cool to learn some Chinese characters right around now. Even though I spent a little time on Chinese some years back, I focused on spoken skills and pinyin and never learned…
Reviews
Random House Webster’s Pocket German Dictionary (Second Edition)
German, Books, Dictionaries
This is a really, really tiny dictionary, and the font is really, really tiny, too. If you have bad vision, I can’t recommend it. But if you have bionic eyes, go for it! Random House Websterâ€â€¦
Visual Education Portuguese Vocabulary Cards
Portuguese, Flashcards, Vocabulary
This set of 1,000 vocabulary cards emphasizes Brazilian Portuguese, but their publisher, Visual Education, says they are still good for those studying the Portuguese of Portugal. Visual Education makes their flashcards weirdly small: just 3 1/2” x 1 1/2”. That is much smaller than…
New York Mutual Trading Company/Japanese Culinary Center
Japanese, Food and Drink, Shopping
This is a big, beautiful East Side showroom, a gastronomically seductive space, for lovers of Japanese cuisine. Of which I am one. It is there courtesy of a Moonachie, N.J.-based company called New York Mutual Trading. …
