GILT Ninjas

Ninja Power in Globalization, Internationalization, Localization and Translation

Category: Fun

  • Fun with languages – collywobbles

    Fun with languages – collywobbles

    Sunny greetings, dear reader! I love watching crime stories, and I recently came across a murder mystery series from New Zealand. When one of the detectives said, “it gives me the collywobbles,” I had to take note of the word because I had never heard it before and thought I should share it with you.

  • Fun with languages – hullabaloo

    Fun with languages – hullabaloo

    Sunny greetings, dear reader! Today, I stumbled upon the word “hullabaloo,” which I had never heard before in English. You might know the word from a band, a movie, or your grandma.

  • Fun with languages – sobremesa

    Fun with languages – sobremesa

    Sunny greetings, dear reader! The Spanish have the great word “sobremesa”. We all know the feeling when eating a good meal, and getting sleepy afterwards. As siesta is not always an option right after a meal, you can do “sobremesa”.

  • Fun with languages – gökotta

    Fun with languages – gökotta

    Sunny greetings, dear reader! The Swedish word gökotta is associated with Ascension Day, which falls in late May or early June.