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Portuguese Language Month
During the month of April, when you purchase any course, test, book, or Skype lesson in Portuguese, you'll receive 10% off!
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While the month of April may bring showers, warmer weather, and greener grass, at Interpreter Education Online, April's arrival also means that it's Portuguese Language Month! Portuguese has over 200 million native speakers and is the official language of Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Macau, East Timor, Camp Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe. As a descendant of Latin, Portuguese is a member of the Romance language group which includes Spanish, Italian, French, Romanian, Some English words that are derived from Portuguese include flamingo, albacore, jaguar, albino, cobra, commando, mandarin, and molasses. As a way of celebrating the Portuguese language, IEO is offering 10% off any Portuguese course, test, book, or Skype lesson during the month of April! Interpreter Education Online 3141 Caniff St., Hamtramck, MI 48212 Phone (313) 481-4985 Fax (855) 225-3100 www.InterpreterEducationOnline.com services@InterpreterEducationOnline.com   
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The origins of laughter
We know the benefits of laughter on health. But why do we laugh? What are the evolutionary origins of laughter and humour? Steven Légaré has asked these questions and has made them the subject of his master's thesis, which he recently submitted to the Université de Montréal's Department of Anthropology.
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Is That a Fish in Your Ear? and Other Questions About Translation
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Google Objects To 'Ungoogleable'
Speakers of Swedish who want to say that a search term cannot be found using a search engine will have to think twice about how they express that thought: The Swedish word used to describe searches that return no results -- "ungoogleable," or ogooglebar in Swedish -- has been removed from a list of newly recognized Swedish words following Google's objection to the term.
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Breathing new life into an ancient language
"When I take the kids out on country I tell them that this is their country. I say, 'Nginba nyunga gaganyu! This is your country. This is yours.'"
Bridget fell in love with Warrgamay ten years ago when she joined her siblings, nieces and nephews in taking a language course at TAFE in Cairns. She got a thrill out of learning how to read and write in the language.
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