About a year ago I got a call from someone special….about something special. This is the result of months and months of training behind the scenes. Hard work, dedication, sore mouth muscles (it’s a thing!), and constant feedback, application, tweaking, and then letting it all go and hooking into the magic of the moment. I […]
I’ve been there. And I bet you have too. Have you ever stopped, checked your sentence, and pressed ‘send’ on that email, while hoping for the best? Because you weren’t sure if you used the right word? I know I have….in Dutch (and lots of other languages, too)! So many people confuse ‘advice’ and ‘advise’, for […]
CUSTOMER OR CLIENT? Have you been saying this right? I was talking to a client the other day (see what I did there?) about her work. She’s a consultant for a multinational and was talking about her customers. The thing is…she didn’t have any! It’s not that she was interacting with ghosts, or becoming delusional, it’s […]
Hi! I’m writing you on the tails of the hardest day for me. September 11th. I remember exactly where I was when I got the call about my beloved city. And the beloved people who I lost that day. All I can say to you is this. We have no say in how long our […]
3 TIPS TO SOUND MORE NATIVE IN ENGLISH: What do native speakers do in English that non-native speakers have to learn? And are often not taught? I’m going to go through 3 of them right here. 1: LINKING: Native speakers almost never speak word for word. We speak in phrases. We link the ending of one word with […]
WORDS ON WEDNESDAY! Let’s talk about words. I love them. Use them all the time, as you can see right now. But….what about confusing words? Those can sneak up on you when you’re not expecting them. And that’s nasty. You want to say this word but you’re not sure if you’re saying it right. Right? […]
Or not? This is really weird. I’m writing you this from Brooklyn, where I am still 52. But many of you will be reading this in another time zone, where I’m already 53. Every year I write down what I’m grateful for. I could write down 53 things (I could write down 5330 things)!, but […]
Buffi Duberman lanceert haar eigen Engelse uitspraakcursus: Rock That Mouth! AMSTERDAM – Buffi Duberman, taalcoach van bekend Nederland en België, lanceert voor het eerst een cursus die geheel is gericht op het verbeteren van de uitspraak van het Engels. De cursus heet Rock That Mouth en is bedoeld voor iedereen die zich weleens onzeker voelt […]
Heya *|FNAME|*! This is the biggest hello from my hometown. My beloved Brooklyn, NY. My nephew took this picture of me on the roof of the Soho House member’s club, when I was looking out at the city after taking my family out for a sunset dinner on the roof of the club. It felt like a […]
Bonjour! I hope this finds you well. I’m writing this with the biggest smile on my face, overlooking Lake Geneva, on the Swiss/French border. I’ve been here a week. It’s been magical. I started this holiday at a 300-year old winery in the Alsace. I ran through the vineyards, spent time talking to the farmers, […]
