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Difference between ‘compute’ and ‘calculate’
Explanation of the difference between “compute” and “calculate” and “computation” and “calculation”. (...)
March 12, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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Number of guns per capita in Europe
It is no secret that the United States has the largest number of guns of all developed countries, with some estimates stating there are in (...)
February 15, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Is it ‘tax haven’ or ‘tax heaven’ in English?
A tax haven is a place where companies and/or individuals pay very low taxes (or no taxes at all). In most languages, such a place is (...)
February 11, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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Beer and wine drinking countries of Europe
Two maps show in detail how much beer and wine Europeans in different countries consume, per year per capita. (...)
January 24, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Are ‘lens’ and ‘lentil’ related?
Have you ever noticed that a lens looks like an oversized lentil? The fact that “lentil” and “lens” both begin with “len” is not a (...)
January 19, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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By the way, have you already seen my brand new web app for non-native speakers of English? It's based on reading texts and learning by having all meanings, pronunciations, grammar forms etc. easily accessible. It looks like this:
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Credit ratings by country in Europe 2016
A map showing the credit ratings of European countries by Standard & Poor’s as of January 2016. (...)
January 17, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘Cemetery’ and ‘graveyard’ in European languages: The Map
A map shows etymological relations among the words “cemetery” and “graveyard” translated into French, Spanish, German, Italian and other languages. (...)
January 12, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Difference between ‘cemetery’ and ‘graveyard’ in English
Some people think graveyard and cemetery mean the same, but, if we want to be a little nitpicky, we should say that graveyard is a type of (...)
January 9, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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“Christmas is” / “Christmas are” – singular or plural?
In some languages, “Christmas” is a plural noun, and since the English word for Christmas ends with an “s”, it sometimes makes English (...)
December 26, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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How often do Europeans speak English?
A detailed map showing how often citizens of the member countries of the European Union use English. (...)
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