Nordic Languages Have No Word For “Please”

by Laura Hall BBC    I’m in a Copenhagen bakery, standing in line for sugar-dusted slices of lemon cake, delicately plaited cardamom buns and golden-brown cinnamon swirls.    When I reach the front of the queue, I’m ready to order in simple Danish. But then I hit a snag: in this country, there is no …

A Cure For 2020 From An Unlikely Source

by Kevin Burton    Iceland to the rescue!     From that country comes a remedy for what ails us in virus world.  Perhaps not the remedy, but a remedy, and it comes with a promise.    The Iceland tourism board knows times are tough, but it cares and wants to help. Iceland wants you to …