Januar 6, 2021 A lecture about English |A linguistics professor was lecturing to his English class one day. „In English,“ he said, „A double negative forms a positive. In some languages,…
Januar 6, 2021 Tips to improve your writing |1. Avoid alliteration. Always.2. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.3. Employ the vernacular.4. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc. 5….
Januar 6, 2021 Europe English |The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather than German which was the…
Januar 6, 2021 Poem of English |Dearest creature in creation,Study English pronunciation.I will teach you in my verseSounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.I will keep you, Suzy, busy,Make your…
Januar 6, 2021 Creative wording |BEING CREATIVE WITH TROUBLESOME KIN You are working on your family genealogy and for sake of example, let’s say that your great-great uncle, Remus…
Januar 6, 2021 Stop redundancy |The Committee for the Reduction of Redundancy and the Antiproliferation of Repetition has decided not to meet until they have their first meeting and…
Januar 6, 2021 Canada America |An American will say, „Hot day!“ A Canadian will say, „Hot day, eh?“ meaning „It’s a hot day, isn’t it?“This is something deeper than…
Januar 6, 2021 Canada language |How you can spot a Canadian, eh? -Don McGillivray (Ottawa columnist for Southam Newspapers)How do you tell a Canadian from an American?It used to…
Januar 6, 2021 Alphabet letters |How many letters are there in the alphabet?Noel, noel, noel, noel … the angels did say…E.T. went home.Get rid of X. There’s too many…