#81 Afandi Quiz: What’s this map about?
▶️ The map shows European countries in different colours, from green to red. The lowest is Turkey with 2.0 and the highest is Belarus with 17.5.
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▶️ The map shows European countries in different colours, from green to red. The lowest is Turkey with 2.0 and the highest is Belarus with 17.5.
👉@afandi_english👈 #maps #map_quiz
Afandi English
What does this map show?
Well done!
💡 The map was about alcohol consumption. Eastern Europeans consume quite a bit more alcohol than Western Europeans while Muslim Turkey has the lowest consumption. Alcohol is made artificially expensive in Scandinavia through taxation, lessening people’s thirst for it. Meanwhile, Italy has a wine culture but ‘hard alcohol’ is not that common.
💡 The map was about alcohol consumption. Eastern Europeans consume quite a bit more alcohol than Western Europeans while Muslim Turkey has the lowest consumption. Alcohol is made artificially expensive in Scandinavia through taxation, lessening people’s thirst for it. Meanwhile, Italy has a wine culture but ‘hard alcohol’ is not that common.
#119 Our favourite mistakes: Vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Men ro’zaman. Ro’za tutdingizmi? Og’izni nechada ochamiz?
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
I’m roza. Did you fast? What time do we open our mouth?
✅ Well, it should be:
I’m fasting. Are you fasting? What time do we break the fast?
❓Why?
❗️ There is no such word as roza in English. Some people insist on talking about Islamic concepts like masjid or reading namoz in the original words or sense. There is no arguing about that, just adapt to the person listening to you. If you talk to foreign Muslims, use them, if not then find more established words like mosque or praying.
❗️ There’s no reason why fast should be in the past tense when you’re still doing it. The right tense is present continuous, i.e. Are you fasting?
❗️ Open one’s mouth sounds rather strange in English. Use break the fast instead.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Men ro’zaman. Ro’za tutdingizmi? Og’izni nechada ochamiz?
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
I’m roza. Did you fast? What time do we open our mouth?
✅ Well, it should be:
❗️ There is no such word as roza in English. Some people insist on talking about Islamic concepts like masjid or reading namoz in the original words or sense. There is no arguing about that, just adapt to the person listening to you. If you talk to foreign Muslims, use them, if not then find more established words like mosque or praying.
❗️ There’s no reason why fast should be in the past tense when you’re still doing it. The right tense is present continuous, i.e. Are you fasting?
❗️ Open one’s mouth sounds rather strange in English. Use break the fast instead.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #vocabulary
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#5 Future: Google’s Data Center
▶️ Google is one of the “Big Five” US tech companies – Microsoft, Facebook (Meta), Amazon, Apple and Google. The Big Five have come under fire (=been criticised) for being too big, too powerful and too intransparent (=secretive, not open). In this video by Google we can see how the company tries to maintain a friendly appearance while the dimensions (=size, scale) and the need for security are impressive and frightening at the same time.
👉@afandi_english👈 #future
▶️ Google is one of the “Big Five” US tech companies – Microsoft, Facebook (Meta), Amazon, Apple and Google. The Big Five have come under fire (=been criticised) for being too big, too powerful and too intransparent (=secretive, not open). In this video by Google we can see how the company tries to maintain a friendly appearance while the dimensions (=size, scale) and the need for security are impressive and frightening at the same time.
👉@afandi_english👈 #future
Media is too big
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#33 Movie Time: Serial (Bad) Weddings (2014)
▶️ Today’s movie is a 🇫🇷French comedy about a family with four daughters that all marry different foreigners and experience every possible culture clash (=conflict) in the process. Not only a must-watch for culture lovers but also a good exercise in speed reading subtitles!
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #european_films #comedy
▶️ Today’s movie is a 🇫🇷French comedy about a family with four daughters that all marry different foreigners and experience every possible culture clash (=conflict) in the process. Not only a must-watch for culture lovers but also a good exercise in speed reading subtitles!
👉@afandi_english👈 #movie #european_films #comedy
#77 Travelogue Uzbekistan: More than just water
There’s a peculiar design of water bottles in Uzbekistan that seems like it’s from the same brand, but actually all are made by different companies. What’s going on there?
Copying
Why come up with something new when you don’t know if it works? Copying gives you that sense of security. It's even a compliment for the original – it’s so good that it is copied.
Conventions
When products look alike then customers will also recognise them more easily. Like in the UK for instance full cream milk has a blue lid, semi-skimmed milk a green lid and skimmed milk a red lid.
Collectivism
Ultimately this is a deeper cultural pattern – one of valuing sameness rather than difference. Both producers and customers depend on the judgment of others and want to feel that they are normal.
It’s not just water bottles. It’s also chocolate bars, fake shampoos, numbers on pharmacies or naming shops after famous brands, to name just a few.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
There’s a peculiar design of water bottles in Uzbekistan that seems like it’s from the same brand, but actually all are made by different companies. What’s going on there?
Copying
Why come up with something new when you don’t know if it works? Copying gives you that sense of security. It's even a compliment for the original – it’s so good that it is copied.
Conventions
When products look alike then customers will also recognise them more easily. Like in the UK for instance full cream milk has a blue lid, semi-skimmed milk a green lid and skimmed milk a red lid.
Collectivism
Ultimately this is a deeper cultural pattern – one of valuing sameness rather than difference. Both producers and customers depend on the judgment of others and want to feel that they are normal.
It’s not just water bottles. It’s also chocolate bars, fake shampoos, numbers on pharmacies or naming shops after famous brands, to name just a few.
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
Afandi English
#77 Travelogue Uzbekistan: More than just water There’s a peculiar design of water bottles in Uzbekistan that seems like it’s from the same brand, but actually all are made by different companies. What’s going on there? Copying Why come up with something…
---Vocab---
📍peculiar = strange in an interesting way 📍come up with sth = have an idea 📍convention = how sth is normally done, unwritten rule of doing sth 📍full cream milk = milk with 3.5% fat as is natural 📍semi-skimmed milk = milk with less fat, usually around 2% 📍skimmed milk = low-fat milk with only 1 or 1.5% fat 📍lid = the top of a bottle or jar 📍collectivism = value of togetherness and sameness, ‘culture of the East’, opposite of individualism 📍ultimately = in the end, at the end of the day 📍pattern = regular way in which sth happens 📍value sth = appreciate sth, treasure sth
📍peculiar = strange in an interesting way 📍come up with sth = have an idea 📍convention = how sth is normally done, unwritten rule of doing sth 📍full cream milk = milk with 3.5% fat as is natural 📍semi-skimmed milk = milk with less fat, usually around 2% 📍skimmed milk = low-fat milk with only 1 or 1.5% fat 📍lid = the top of a bottle or jar 📍collectivism = value of togetherness and sameness, ‘culture of the East’, opposite of individualism 📍ultimately = in the end, at the end of the day 📍pattern = regular way in which sth happens 📍value sth = appreciate sth, treasure sth
Should product design be protected by law?
Anonymous Poll
72%
Yes, stealing ideas is just as wrong as stealing things.
19%
Maybe, but for small things like water bottles.
9%
No, there’s nothing wrong with copying design.
#96 Spot Afandi and his donkey: Afandi paying tribute to the great Baroque composer Haendel (1685-1759) in Halle, Germany
❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
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❓ Can you spot Afandi in this picture?
❗️ You might be the lucky winner of 5,000 Paynet-soums!
❓ How? Spot Afandi, mark him in the picture and send it to @jochenho. The time limit is 30 minutes. Not sure what Afandi looks like? Check the pinned message above!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_afandi
Congrats to Muhammad K.!!! 🥳🥳🥳
And thanks to our designers for today - Murodjon T., Muhammadazim and Shahzod! 👏👏👏
And thanks to our designers for today - Murodjon T., Muhammadazim and Shahzod! 👏👏👏