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Category Archives: Language
Vaguest Shortened Name
There is a danger when you shorten too much, which can happen as English sometimes is a more concise language. You can lose information – important information. Which is usually bad. But in this day and age that might be … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged Ed, Edie, Edna, Edsel, Edward, Edwin Edgar, Edwina, Maura, Maureen, Mo, Mohamar, Mohammed, Mona, Morris, too concise, vaguest shortened name
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Naming Animals by Sex That are Closest to Us
In English it seems that all the types of farm animals are named, like boar and sow, cow and bull, hen and rooster, goose and gander etc. But it is much more shocking when we look at the animals we … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Pets
Tagged bitch, boar, bull, cat lovers, cat lovers have won the war of names, cow, dog, English, Gander, goose, has the male dog not yet earned a name?, hen, pick a name dog lovers, queen tom, rooster, sow
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I Have the Wishy Washiest Cat in the World
My cat, Bast, goes “Meow,” then “Mow,” then “Mrow,” then “Purr,” to cement the title of the wishy washiest cat in the world. Just kidding. It’s a little more involved than that. I have just started studying Desmond Morris’ “Catwatching”, … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Pets
Tagged a cat twitches its tail for balance, Bast, Bast twitches her tail to the beat, cats, Catwatching, Coldplay, Desmond Morris, Hello Goodbye, indecisiveness of Hello, my cat twitches her tail all day long, rate of twitching, the Beatles, The Scientist, twitching a tail means indecisiveness, what a cat twitching its tail means, wishy washy
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Watch Those Ultimate Words
The Globe and Mail likes to think of itself as the intellectual national newspaper of Canada. I could get on board with that. Too bad it’s simply not true. Here is an article where I am quite sure their science … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Science, Wry
Tagged Canada, Canadian-led astronomy, David Dunlap Obsersvatory, dwarf planet, ever, galaxies, Ivan Semeniuk, penultimate words, Pluto, Richmond Hill, second largest telescope in the thirties, stars, supernovae in other galaxies, The Globe and Mail, Toronto
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I Want to Be a British Billionaire
First of all you might be thinking, ‘how is it even possible for a Canadian to be a British billionaire if you don’t move there?’ Oh I still intend to be a British billionaire even without ever setting foot in … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Language, Mathematics
Tagged Biil Gates, billionaire, Britain, British commonwealth, english speaking world, immigrants from all over the world, indigenous people, North American trillion is British billion, pretentious accent, Queen Elizabeth II, Sir Richard Branson, Warren Buffett
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what Famous Pickup Lines Really Say
I’m sure the ladies will be told by their elders that the pickup lines that are served up to them, actually say more about the guy that used them then they say about the lady. But this site intends to … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Humour, Language
Tagged ladies, pickup lines, players, Says more about him than her
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The English Springboard
English sounds like the ideal place to start when learning another language, especially a European language. This is because English steals words from other languages. Indeed this can be seen by the mere fact English has more words than many … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Wry
Tagged English, English only policies are bad, English steals words from other languages, French speaking Canadians can usually speak passable English, has ignorance allowed English-only speakers to excel at many other things, if English speakers who bothered to learn another language throw in with others it might be our downfall, languages, most anglophones don't bother with a second language, other languages are ciphers, saving my brain for things other than language, there are common words between English and many languages
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