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Tag Archives: The English Language
Weird Pix for April 24, 2012
1. I’m not fluent in any other language but English (and some would contest that point), but I have been told by ‘furriners’ that English is one of the hardest and most complex languages to master. This is likely part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoon, Conservatives, Humor, Idiots, Republicans, Teabaggers, Weird Photo, Wingnuts, WTF?
Tagged Cellphones, Earth Day, Elephants, Exercise, Ferrari, Sheep, Six-Pack Abs, The English Language
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Today’s Quotes: Can We Have Some Capital Gains?
Or, You Don’t Know Jack… I once read some emails on the Innertubes authored by MoDo, AKA Maureen Dowd, notorious columnist for the New York Times. Dowd is an intelligent woman and a good writer, even if I don’t always … Continue reading
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Tagged Capital Gains, Capitalization of Words, e.e. cummings, Maureen Dowd, The English Language
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Mother Tongue-Tied
Multilingual people from non-English-speaking countries say English is the hardest major language in the world to master; as well as the conundrum of why we have words like enough, though, through, thorough, and thought where the ‘ough’ is pronounced differently, … Continue reading