Voice tone and language are not the only forms of behavior that people use to influence others. In the article Sexy Baby Voice and Other Pitches, I discussed examples of how women in Western countries adapt their language. The German … Continue reading Sājiāo OR How Women “Act Cute”
When we recorded a series of training videos a few years ago, I had to leave the room every time the editor played the videos. I couldn’t listen to my own voice. In fact, your own voice always sounds different … Continue reading Sexy Baby Voice and Other Pitches
Anyone traveling through the cities of Europe cannot avoid visiting literary cafés. Not only as a welcome break while sightseeing, but also to breathe in the air of literary greatness, history, anecdotes and bestsellers.
The Café Central in Vienna or the now finally closed Café Griensteidl are places where Friedrich Torberg, Peter Altenberg, Karl Kraus, Egon Erwin Kisch and Hugo von Hofmannsthal wrote their literary works. Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek and a number of artists called Café Hawelka their home. Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre spent time at the Café de Flore or Les Deux Magots in Paris. And Joanne K. Rowling allegedly wrote the first parts of Harry Potter in the Café Majestic in Porto. Continue reading “I am a Coffee House Writer”