CategoryMoments in Life

One thing I had to learn starting from the age when I could first speak was to address people by appropriate titles according to their age. That applies for every child who grew up in Burma (Myanmar). Imagine a 3-year-old having to learn the skills to call someone by the right title. The thing is that to be able to address them appropriately, you have to be able to gauge their age. If you get it...

One of the things I loved when I started studying English was learning idioms. I would seek out idioms and learn them by heart. I was told that one good measure of someone’s command of a language is that person’s ability to use and understand informal expressions that native speakers use. I learnt the language methodically. As a result, my English was a lot better than other students’ in school...