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Looking for a German Street

August 27, 2025

What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it?

There are four main reasons I look for things online using a search engine. First, I saw someone on a film or TV programme and wanted to find out more about them. Second, I want to find a resource for my teaching. Third, I am looking for a recipe. Fourth I am on Duolingo and need some help with German.

The last film/TV star I looked for was Sofia Carson who stars in two films I have watched and thoroughly enjoyed recently, My Oxford Year and The Life List. The last teaching resource I looked for was an article about branding that was relevant to my art and design students. It was about the return of 90s branding and the reasons behind it. The last recipe I looked for was how to make Harissa Paste at home because I figured it can’t be too complicated. Turns out it isn’t so I look forward to adding it to my home made repertoire. The last piece of German I looked up was the German word for street. This was not because I didn’t know it, but because my phone keyboard doesn’t have any special characters that I can find and if I spell the word phonetically it is marked wrong. So, I went to Bing and asked What is Street in German. It is Straße by the way, and I don’t know how to get the fifth letter on the keyboard. Maybe that should be my next search as there must be a shortcut I can use!


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    Great Duo Lingo tip. I’ve just got into it again after years of it just sitting on my phone. The problem is that it’s got so addictive as a platform that the idea of leaving the app to do an Internet search feels like anathema. I could just about manage chat gpt I suppose – ha ha!

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