Category: Language Facts

This probably doesn’t come as a surprise, but at The Marlow Language Centre, we are passionate about language learning. Our students and teachers all have an interest in one or multiple foreign languages for various reasons: pleasure, holidays, business and career advancements, etc. However, the UK is not particularly renowned for its enthusiasm for language learning.

Did you know that the idiom ‘crocodile tears’ (i.e. a hypocrite crying fake tears of grief) is thought to come from the Greek antiquity and popular belief that crocodiles weep while eating their victims? 



Jean Michel’s Greek learning journey has been illuminating and he’s discovered the influence of one of the oldest Indo-European languages in Western culture. The Ancient Greeks were the first to use a ‘true’ alphabet with both vowels and consonants. Many words of Greek origin are usually related to philosophy, science, culture and the arts. In this article, we will focus on English and French.