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Todd Ehresmann - Babbel Magazine

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Todd Ehresmann

Todd Ehresmann was born and raised in the Upper Midwest in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He completed his PhD in Germanic Linguistics, delving into the inner workings of urban migration and language change, including his dissertation on the early development of Berlin’s urban dialect. A resident of Berlin since 2012, Todd is on a mission to explore the European continent by bike, one country at a time. When he’s not on two wheels, he can be found baking sourdough bread and croissants, or honing his latest top-secret chocolate chip cookie recipe.

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