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Dear email,
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Just because you speak English, doesn’t mean you speak every kind of English. Let me tell you a little anecdote. Once, on vacation in Tuscany, I stayed with a lovely family. They were Italian, but the mother had grown up in Scotland, so she spoke English. However, some of the English she spoke was Scottish dialect. The example that stands out in my memory most clearly is this: She told me that there were “messages” in the refrigerator. In my native-speaker arrogance, I just figured she was confused, this was not her first language and this was a mistake. But then it became clear that it was I who was confused and that she was using a perfectly legitimate Scottish word. Below, you can find out what it means in our exercises on dialects and also read about how the American superstar Taylor Swift’s dialect has changed over time. Dialects are not just regional!
And, for your work life, you can read how to structure international meetings (where presumably you will be using your English!) and find out how one woman is saving old toys.
Next week, my colleague Inez Sharp will be back with some more entertaining stories for you.
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Judith Gilbert
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Editor-in-chief, Business Spotlight
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refrigerator: Kühlschrank | figure sth. (ifml.): etw. annehmen | presumably: vermutlich, wahrscheinlich
Note: Judith's editorial is written in US English.
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Word of the Week
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microshifting
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Did you know...? This is a workplace trend in which the traditional nine-to-five workday is broken up into flexible bursts of productivity. These are interspersed with different, often relaxing activities, such as going to the gym.
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burst: Block, Bündel | intersperse sth. with sth.: etw. mit etw. durchsetzen | gym: Fitnessstudio
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Dialects
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How Taylor talks
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We all speak some form of dialect, but our dialect can change over time. Now, scientists have studied these changes in a way they said “would be virtually impossible to observe in a controlled laboratory study” – that is to say, by listening to more than a decade of interviews with US pop star Taylor Swift. Two University of Minnesota scientists analyzed how Swift’s dialect has altered during her career, depending on where she lived and what she was doing. One of the scientists, Matthew Winn, told CNN: “A lot of people think of dialects as just belonging to geographic regions... But, there are so many more factors” involved.
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virtually: praktisch, so gut wie | alter: sich verändern
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© Image: Alamy Stock Photo
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Lifestyle
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Speak local!
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Scottish or Irish English can be quite different to the King’s English. Practise your dialects with our fun exercises!
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© Image: Shutterstock.com
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Quiz
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Scotland
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1. Scotland’s national animal is:
A) the Loch Ness Monster
B) a unicorn
C) a sheep
2. Edinburgh castle sits on top of:
A) an extinct volcano
B) an underground amusement park
C) an underground car park
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extinct: erloschen
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Business Skills
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Key roles in international meetings
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When people from different cultures meet in a conference room, a meeting can sometimes take longer than usual. Here are tips on how to manage international meetings – and which roles can help make things run smoothly.
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© Image: Georg Lechner unterstützt von KI
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Mit Hannah Arendt beginnt die neue ZEIT Akademie Reihe »Philosophie für die Gegenwart«. Der Kurs zeigt, wie Arendt Denken und Leben untrennbar verband – als politisch wache Denkerin, die Freiheit immer als Verantwortung verstand.
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© Bild: ZEIT Akademie
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Profile
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A second life for toys
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For many of us, our first best friend is a cherished cuddly toy. At some point, however, we grow out of this phase and leave our toys behind. They’re often relegated to a far corner of the bedroom; later, perhaps, to a box in the cellar. Eventually, about 80 per cent of cuddly animals and other toys get thrown out. The problem is that most toys are made of synthetic materials. A study in 2022 estimated that they make up about six per cent of plastics in landfills worldwide.
While volunteering at a charity shop in London, Charlotte Liebling noticed the number of discarded cuddly toys. She also saw how emotional it often was for people to give up their toys. She thought it was both wasteful and a shame that all those memories should be lost. In 2019, Liebling, who comes from Bedfordshire, north-west of London, founded the company Loved Before, which restores donated soft toys and sells them to new customers, online and through several department stores in Britain. She calls her company a “soft-toy adoption agency”.
The global doll and stuffed-toy market generated nearly $23 billion in revenue in 2025, but Liebling wants to challenge ideas about secondhand and offer the toy industry a new business model. She told CWB Online: “Loved Before is on a mission to save the world, one teddy at a time.”
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cherished: geschätzt, geliebt | cuddly toy (UK): Kuscheltier | relegate sth.: etw. verbannen | landfill: Mülldeponie | volunteer: hier: freiwillig arbeiten | charity shop: (karitativer) Second-Hand-Laden | discarded: ausrangiert, aussortiert | restore sth.: wiederherstellen | donated: gespendet | department store: Kaufhaus | stuffed toy: Plüschtier, Stofftier | revenue: Einnahme(n)
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© Image: Loved Before
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Im aktuellen Magazin
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The quiet power of introverts
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Strength is not always loud | JFK’s grandson tries politics in New York | What if the dollar were no longer the world’s standard reserve currency?
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Quiz
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The name’s Bond
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Over the decades, the Bond franchise has generated nearly $8 billion at the box office, making it one of the largest-grossing film franchises in history. See how much you know about the famous spy in our quiz.
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largest-grossing: mit den höchsten Einspielzahlen
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© Image: Shutterstock.com
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From the ZEIT SPRACHEN App
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Time for tea!
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Is it unpleasantly cold outside? Let’s enjoy an English tea time together! Read the article to find out exactly how tea time works.
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© Image: Jana Trampert
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Mitarbeit: Dennis Draber, Judith Gilbert, Susanne Krause, Nadia Lawrence, Mae McCreary, Richard Mote, Rachel Preece, Inez Sharp.
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