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Oct

Culture Smart: What’s in a Baby’s Name?

by Sheron Long on October 13, 2013

Pregnant woman with blank name tag on her stomach, illustrating the upcoming choice of a baby name that may follow a naming custom

How will the new parents decide on their baby’s name?

Naming Customs Around the World

If you want to start a good conversation, just ask people from different cultures how they got their names.  Read more...

 

Cultural Diversity/Cultural Heritage & Traditions/Worldwide Sites

10

Oct

Brain Science Behind The Aha Moment

by Sheron Long on October 10, 2013

Nebish with lightbulb overhead, illustrating the brain science behind the aha moment

Don’t bother me. I’m having an aha moment!
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What Do Aha Moments Feel Like?

Flex your brain and you may find out. Look at these three words. What’s another word that can combine with each word and produce a familiar compound or a two-word phrase?

loser  /  throat  /  spot   

Here’s another:

show  /  life  /  row

Try some harder examples, knowing that the word you think of can combine at the beginning or the end of the words in the set:

crab  /  pine  /  sauce

fence  /  card  /  master  Read more...

 

Discoveries

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Oct

Culture Smart: How’s Life in Costa Rica?

by Sheron Long on October 6, 2013

Tile floor showing the traditional Costa Rican greeting "Pura Vida," which represents deeper cultural values on the love of life

Tile floor in a Costa Rican restaurant greets visitors with a love of life.
© Sheron Long

When It Comes to Greetings & Good-byes, “Pura Vida” Sings

Ciao! That’s a pretty universal way to say “good-bye,” though in Italian—the language that gave this word to the world—it’s used for both “hello” and “good-bye.” In that respect, it’s much like aloha in Hawaiian or pura vida in the Spanish language of Costa Rica.  Read more...

 

Costa Rica/Cultural Encounters/Language & Culture

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