Your iPhone can help you learn to foreign languages, and the global language of Esperanto

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to our September 2011 issue of The Language News.

In this month's issue we feature a discussion on how the new iPhone apps are helping travelers cope with the language barrier, Esperanto -an attempt at a global language, amusing marketing gaffes by various well known companies, and failed but funny attempts by politicians to address their audiences in a language other than their own.

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Your iPhone Will Help You to Speak Foreign Languages

Learning a language has gotten easier and much more convenient with the many apps available on the iPhone.

If you want to become a more proficient speaker, or just get enough vocabulary to be able to communicate when traveling abroad, various iPhone applications can now help you learn your language of interest.

Learn which apps are the most useful.

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Language of the Month: Esperanto

Esperanto is a constructed language, which was invented by Ludwig Lazarus Zarnenhof in 1887. As an international auxiliary language it was created to facilitate communication between people who do not share the same mother tongue.

It is not meant to replace one's native language, but simply to serve as an international second language.

Esperanto was designed with a clear and simple grammatical structure and an international vocabulary in order to facilitate learning.

Learn more about the interesting international language Esperanto!

Almost everything has a name in our society, brand names included. Some are foreign, others are local names. Either way, when products are promoted in a foreign country their names could have an utterly different meaning.

However, what is an unpleasant situation for marketers can be a moment of amusement for us.

Enjoy our Top 10 funny brand names.