How to Celebrate International English Language Day on Spanish Language Day?😀💬😀💬🍻

Every April 23rd

I find it amusing that every April 23rd is English Language Day and Spanish Language Day.

The two most spoken languages on the planet seem to be competing with each other for the day.

Apparently English Language Day lands on April 23rd to celebrate the birth and death of William Shakespeare -

William Shakespeare
(23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616)

"International English Language Day brightens up our calendars every year. 

This special day, celebrated globally, is not just any day—it marks the birthday and death anniversary of William Shakespeare, one of English’s most iconic figures.
It’s a day to appreciate the vast reach of the English language, which connects people across the world."

Every April 23rd

I always say that I should learn Spanish, but as every year passes my 'Learn Spanish' CD just sits on top of my CD rack still hardly played at all, because something else always gets my attention, mainly books or TV shows and movies.

Even in lockdown I never found time to learn Spanish, as I wrote in this old post -

The Jobless Are Urged to Retrain ... in What ... Busking?

Today is also 'English Muffin Day' and my local supermarket had English muffins on sale for half price, so I bought some today to toast and spread Vegemite over them, because while I do have some English genes (my English relatives had English as a surname) I consider myself 100% Australian.

Every April 23rd

Every April 23rd

But I also have nearly as much German DNA as I do English, if not more, and ironically April 23rd is also 'German Beer Day':-)

Cheers ... or whatever the Spanish and German words are for cheers;-)