Languages and the world

Many people think their date or partner is speaking a foreign language, they are not. You are just with the wrong person and do not connect.
The purpose of this post to discuss  literally falling in love and dating someone from another language. That is if you speak English and they are Spanish speaking for example.
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Citizenship though marriage, how do I enter the EU or US?
To enter the EU or or the US you have to set up a plan before you get married. The process is similar for visas and citizenship  in both Europe and the US. Just because you are married to a citizen, does not mean [...]

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I picked up my EU passport via a Polish dual citizenship yesterday. Even though my photo was not super I am happy. I had citizenship just did not pick up the passport.  I am also a US citizen.  Many people ask me about the question of dual citizenship.
Rules of Dual citizenship
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Italian language and Romanian
What is the connection between Italian and Romanian? It amazes me how many people do not know that Romania comes from the Roman empire’s republic of Dacia.  This means the language of Italian and Romanian are closely related. Modern Italian and Romanian are derivatives of Latin.
Many people believe that Romania is somehow [...]

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Philosophy and the meaning of life
When I was young I read mostly the Bible, as I still do. I found many great answers about life in this book.  However, by my teen years I discovered philosophy and read everything I could from the typical Camus to Hegal to the Ancient Greeks.  I was looking for [...]

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Teaching in Europe
I think if you teach in Europe get as much as you can from the school you work at and do not be weak or you will feel used. Why?  Teaching is like 2 to 3 hours of normal work since it takes prep time, and is exhausting.  Further, you do not teach [...]

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Obama is an great speaker.  From a language perpective Obama is a great speaker.  I do not like a lot of his Political views, but I do like his speaking. It is relaxed and casual.  If there is a lesson we can learn from Obama it is this. “The person who loses their cool, loses. [...]

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Eu Consulate
The EU will start to share consulates. What does this mean? It means if you are a Polish citizen you can go to a French consulate if there is no Polish consulate in the country you are in. If you are a German citizen you could go to an English consulate. I [...]

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Ossetians
Ossetians are Indo European Orthodox Chistians who live in the Caucasus mountain region. Ossetians speak Ossetic of course which is an Indo-European language from the Iranian branch. Ossetic is related languages are the other Iranic languages like Kurdish and Pashto. Kurds are of course in Iraq and Turkey. This whole region which some people argue [...]

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Expats and language learning
There are three types of expats when it comes to language learning. I have been an expat for years in Poland, as well as traveling quite a bit. My observation is based on real people regarding expats and language learning. How fast expats learn a language is connected to their [...]

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