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Online Word and Character Counter

With this online tool you can determine the number of characters, words and line breaks from any text. To do this, simply copy...

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Reading Direction for Comics/Mangas

Western and Korean comics/mangas are usually read from left to right. In contrast, Japanese versions start on the right....

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Different names for manga?

I have recently developed a passion for mangas and read almost everything I can get my hands on. However, I noticed that...

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Porcelain Brand: CDE and Golden Shamrock

I bought a box made of porcelain, marked with cde and a golden shamrock. Can someone tell me which brand or manufacture...

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How to learn Chinese?

As I heard, Chinese is one of the most hard-to-learn languages in the world. How to learn Chinese? Is that necessary to hire a...

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Spanish: U instead of O - E instead of Y

In Spanish texts I have already seen several times that for the Spanish word "or" a U is used instead of an O as usual. The same...

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Guest: The infantry consists of soldiers. The artillery consists of cannons. The cavalry consists of...

Question | What are infantry, cavalry and artillery?

Serika: The Asian comics are called "manga" in Japanese. This designation (the word "manga") has been established in many parts of Europe...

Question | Different names for manga?

Mopsi99: The engraving could stand for "C. Deffner Esslingen". C. Deffner was a metal goods factory from Esslingen am Neckar from 1815 to...

Question | Porcelain Brand: CDE and Golden Shamrock

Nacyee: Chinese's characters and grammars is very difficult. As you asid, they don't have a pattern like English language. Beside of...

Question | How to learn Chinese?

LanguageFanatic: Yes, it's very hard to learn Chinese. One problem are the masses of signs Chinese has. It's not just learning 24...

Question | How to learn Chinese?

Guest: The same applies in the Netherlands. Comes as a shock after the UK. £16.99 = 22 Euro in Holland. But for writers like me that is better....

Question | Why are there fixed book prices in Germany?