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April 6, 2011

Is ‘disorientated’ a word? Ask someone from the USA, and they are likely to say no. But [...]

March 10, 2011

The cultural expertise quiz is back, after a break last week to make room for our weddings [...]

February 11, 2011

“Lenços dos Namorados” (Sweetheart Handkerchiefs or Fiancée Handkerchiefs) are handkerchiefs made of linen or cotton and embroidered [...]

January 20, 2011

Test your cultural expertise with our weekly quiz question. Last week we talked about how to address [...]

December 1, 2010

Genevieve is our newest contributor. Here’s her first post from the island of Roatan, Honduras. There is [...]

October 20, 2010

I have many foreign friends, and one of them wrote this letter to his friends from all [...]

October 4, 2010

“Pucha, Cam, estás gordita!” It wasn’t really news that I’d put on a little weight in my [...]

September 22, 2010

English is widely spoken in the Netherlands, but since Dutch is the official language, knowing a few [...]

September 15, 2010

Recently on PocketCultures, we have featured collaborative posts to reflect the varying experiences of our contributors in [...]

September 13, 2010

Living in Beijing, I am constantly exposed to the center of China-ness. Many things in this city [...]

August 30, 2010

“The future starts today, not tomorrow.” – Pope John Paul II Poland has had the unfortunate luck [...]

August 9, 2010

The first time I visited a new friend’s house when I lived in Japan I was asked [...]

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