Davie is the founder of Popcorn Club.
Having grown up in between Canada and Israel, having spent ten years of his life backpacking through Europe, Asia and Australia and fluent in English, French and Hebrew, Davie’s very much a child of the world. He studied philosophy in Canada and screenwriting at UCLA, he’s owned businesses in art sales, customer service and travel. Davie inspires confidence in everyone he meets, that’s what he does, that’s why he started Popcorn Club. He’d love to meet you and tell you all about it.
Davie’s most popular clubs are Debate Clubs, Watch & Talks and his famous Texas Hold’em Poker Clubs. You’re guaranteed to laugh, learn and be inspired after two hours with Davie.
"Kalsarikännit" Do you know this word? It's Fin...
"Kalsarikännit" Do you know this word? It's Finnish and it means "drinking at home alone in your underwear with no intention of going out". That's a real word! We challenge you to find a single word in Chinese or English that compares._x000D_
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Words are windows into cultures. Feng shui is another great example, there is no English equivalent. In this club, we'll learn 20 words from around the world which are unique to their languages. We'll talk about their meanings, we'll try to understand the culture behind them and we'll attempt to find words in our own languages that can kind of be the same._x000D_
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This will be a fun and fascinating conversation guaranteed to let you walk out a little bit more knowledgeable and a bit more cultured. And if that doesn't happen, you'll defnitely get a few laughs out of the beautiful weirdness of world languages. Let's have a cool and surprisingly educational discussion!_x000D_
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你知道“Kalsarikännit”这个词吗?这个芬兰语的意思是“穿着内衣独自宅在家喝酒,不想外出”。你能在中文或英文中找到一个与之对应的词吗?_x000D_
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风水是另一个很好的例子,这个词没有英文对应。_x000D_
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文字是了解文化的窗口。在本次club中,我们将学习来自世界各地的20个语言所特有的单词。我们将讨论这些单词的含义,了解它们背后的文化,并尝试在自己的语言中找到类似意思的单词。_x000D_
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这将是一次有趣而迷人的谈话,保证让你走出去时更有知识,更有文化。如果这种情况没有发生,你肯定也会从世界语言的美丽和怪异中得到一些笑声。让我们来一场很酷的、有教育意义的讨论吧!