All these ideas are great for devices running Android or iOS, but what about those of us unfortunate/stupid enough to acquire a Windows Mobile device? (Mine's WinMo 6.5, and the sad little app market it had is being shut down.)

Edmonton, Kanada? Das hab ich nicht gewusst. Schön, daß es solche Sachen gibt! Ich wohne in die USA (Kentucky), und ich hätte gerne eine deutsche Schule in der Nähe von mir.

Danke! Und das glaube ich auch. Wo haben Sie deutsch gelernt? Ich frage nur, weil es so aussieht, daß Sie nicht Muttersprachler sind.

Understandable why he perhaps ought not use "Weltanschauung," then, but what about "Weltansicht"? I don't think that has any sorts of connotations like Weltanschauung does, though it seems you might be more qualified than I would to explain that one lol

"David Eagleman describes this as the umwelt: the assumption that our reality is the only reality out there."

Just for the record, Jainism is most certainly not a branch of Hinduism. It does have similar concepts, however (example: karma), but that is mostly a product of them both being Indian religions as opposed to one being a branch of the other.

Beyond that, even, it was meant to be simple in the sense that there are no irregularities—something you don't get with the more naturally-developed languages. I think we all know that English has a ton of grammatical and syntactical inconsistencies, as does every language I know about. Esperanto was supposed to be…

The "Click here" link doesn't open a page to view everything on one page. It links to another Lifehacker tips article.

Maybe it's the font, but it definitely looks like you used the German letter ß in your image instead of the Greek letter β. Subtle difference between the two, but a difference nonetheless.

+1 That's such a great story.

Not all study abroad options are for a full year. Also most of the ones I know about will allow you to transfer your course credits to your home university.