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May 28, 2024 | 
babbel.com | Babbel Bytes |Thomas Moore Devlin |Steph Koyfman
In 1954, a Norristown, Pennsylvania, eighth grader clinched victory with the word “transept’”at the 27th Scripps Spelling Bee Championships (held that year in Washington, D.C.).
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
babbel.com | Babbel Bytes |Samuel Dowd |Thomas Moore Devlin
At Babbel, we’re not just about business, we’re also about making a difference. The Babbel app itself strives to make a positive social impact in countries around the world, but we believe in going the extra mile. Thus, we have a devoted group of people who make up the Impact Team. This team is the embodiment of our corporate commitment to positive social engagement and sustainability.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
babbel.com | Babbel Bytes |Steph Koyfman |Thomas Moore Devlin
To celebrate a peculiarly British form of linguistic wordplay, Babbel launched a nationwide search to crown the punniest shop name in the United Kingdom at the end of 2023. Babbel’s linguists scoured the internet and social media to compile a shortlist of the top 120 most-shared shop pun names divided by region — from Scotland to the South East and West coast — and put it to the public to vote for their national and regional favourites.
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
babbel.com | Babbel Bytes |Steph Koyfman |David Doochin |Ömer Gülen
The dynamic field of software engineering compels us to adapt and grow constantly. When the time arrived to update our Lambda functions from Node.js v14 to v18 and transition from AWS’s aws-sdk v2 to v3, we set out on an exciting journey filled with many learning opportunities. Using a phased approach, we effectively minimized the disruption while notably enhancing the performance.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
babbel.com | Babbel Bytes |David Doochin |Steph Koyfman |Y Yates
“What’s in a name?” as the famous Shakespeare quote goes. But naming trends can actually provide a fascinating window into different cultures and time periods, revealing which influences were most impactful on new parents’ name choices at the time.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
babbel.com | Babbel Bytes |Elin Asklöv |Steph Koyfman |Thomas Moore Devlin
Swedish is one of the easier languages for an English native speaker to learn, with a lot of vocabulary and grammar in common. Still, there are some tricky components, from the melodic rhythm to complicated compounds.
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Jul 11, 2023 | 
babbel.com | Babbel Bytes |Steph Koyfman |Ed M. Wood
Travel can be an exhilarating whirlwind, with new sights, flavors and cultures to take in. But it can also be a trial by fire when you’re faced with obstacles that aren’t in your native language. From figuring out directions to ordering a meal or conversing with locals, the ability to communicate in the local language can be a game-changer for your travel experience. Here’s a quick guide to learning for travel. When Should I Start Learning A Language Before Travel?
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May 29, 2023 | 
babbel.com | Babbel Bytes |Thomas Moore Devlin
The printing press ushered in one of the greatest shifts in human society. Finally, you could disseminate texts and ideas without relying on a monastery filled with scribes, who labored for hours simply to make a few copies of the Bible. It was the first in a long line of technologies that have helped globalize the world, for better or worse. If you were raised in an English-speaking school, you’ve probably heard one name associated with this marvelous device: Johannes Gutenberg.
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May 26, 2023 | 
babbel.com | Babbel Bytes |Marion Maurin |Thomas Moore Devlin |Clémentine Latron
There’s the French you learn in a textbook, and then there’s the French you learn from your new work friends after a couple drinks. Whether you’re trying to impress the locals or simply pepper your speech with some cute French sayings, here are a few phrases you’ll have plenty of chances to use in real life. French Expressions To Keep In Your Back Pocket1.
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May 24, 2023 | 
babbel.com | Babbel Bytes |David Doochin |Thomas Moore Devlin |Katrin Sperling
Trying to mask your message or disguise your dialogue? Pig Latin is here to elp-hay. May 24, 2023Ou-day ou-yay ow-knay at-whay is-thay ays-say? That might look like alien gobbledygook to the unfamiliar eye. But if you’ve ever played word games with kids or needed to communicate more covertly than usual, you might recognize this argot called Pig Latin.
