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4.28.2009

Another Scottish show that's hard to understand

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I mentioned a while ago a Scottish TV show (Star Trek featuring Scottish English) that was hard for me, a native English speaker, to unders...
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4.26.2009

Interesting discussion going on

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I'm going to do a more decent post tomorrow, but for now, I'd just like to point out the interesting discussion that's going on ...
4.23.2009

New phrase as seen on TV

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Rod Blagojevich, my former governor and neighbor, was on the Today Show, and used a new phrase: "super sensationalization". Around...
4.21.2009

Featured in METRO magazine

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Down the Block Anthology featured in Metro Magazine in Minneapolis Minnesota Publish at Scri...
4.19.2009

Foreign terms as convenient euphemisms

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Supposedly delicate topics, especially those relating to bathroom functions, death, disease, sex or "taboo" parts of the human bo...
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4.17.2009

Deciphering the Scottish accent

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A lot of people are talking about Susan Boyle, the Scottish singer who surprised the superficial crowd and judges on one of those star-manuf...
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4.13.2009

Yeoman blog

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Recently, I've been reading American history because our country is currently going through economic problems (though they're not as...
4.11.2009

More whilst usage with globalisation

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A translation company asked me if they could submit something to my blog, and what I received seemed to be a self-serving piece which essen...
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4.08.2009

Good online Arabic sites?

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A friend of mine (who is a German translator) has been studying Arabic, but the book they've been using in the class is absolutely horri...
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4.06.2009

Food for thought

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We obviously spend a good deal of time eating in order to survive, yet I would bet that few of us actually give much thought to where the wo...
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4.04.2009

Chicago media site

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If you're wondering what kind of drama exists in the Chicago media, then check out Chicagolandradioandmedia.com . I didn't start rea...
3.31.2009

Watch anime and Korean dramas for free!

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If you want to improve your Korean or Japanese, go to Crunchyroll . There are lots of Japanese anime (don't know if I should add an ...
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3.28.2009

Tears for Fears video: literal version

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Even though this is not one of my favorite Tears for Fears songs, the literal version of it is funny, especially if you've seen the real...
3.26.2009

Sounds desperate and niche

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I found an independent publisher that serves a total niche: ...professional development books for adjunct, part-time, full-time temporary a...
3.23.2009

Origins of Names of Days of the Week

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In my last installment , I discussed the names of months in Latin, Germanic, and Slavic languages. Now I'll give a brief, rather general...
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3.22.2009

On the air tonight/tomorrow morning

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In case you're up during the middle of the night (or if you live in another country, where our night is your day), you can hear me on th...
3.19.2009

Japanese commercial with English subtitles

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This is a good way to practice your Japanese because you can see the English translation beneath. It's also entertaining and combines hi...
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3.16.2009

I had to speak bad French

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I've translated French, but I haven't had to speak it for years. I think the last time I had a lengthy conversation was when I was t...
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3.14.2009

Subtle mockery in Burma

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I've been reading To the Golden Shore , which is a biography of Adoniram Judson, and it's really good, not just because of what he w...
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3.12.2009

Keitai Shosetsu (cell phone novels)

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I was reading about keitai shosetsu (ケータイ小説), which literally means cell phone [keitai] novel [shosetsu], and had no idea how popular they...
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