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Tag Archives: English
Pronouncing Sikh
When I was young I swear the news media as a whole used to pronounce the name Sikh as seek. It’s only in the last number of years that the whole of the news media changed to pronouncing members of … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged asking groups what they self identiy as, bad slang, could black mean smart, could indigenous mean beautiful, English, Gypsy, Jewish, negative connotations, new trend?, political correctness, seek, sick, sick means wonderful, Sikh, slang, the news media, Welsh
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Cane and Able
I don’t really pay much attention to the bible factually because some of its “facts” don’t jibe with science or history. I don’t agree with the morals the bible espouses because it blatantly turns a blind eye to slavery. So … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged Abel kills animals, Adam and Eve, bible's facts are questionable, blind eye to slavery, Cain and Abel, Cain grows food, Cane and Able, English, Genesis, God dislikes Cain's offering, God likes Abel's offering, Is god against the disabled?, meat eaters, omnivores. strict meat eaters die, symbolism, the bible, vegetarians, vegetarians must watch their diet
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Roy G Biv and Other Skooling
Quick, what are the colours of the rainbow? No hints except maybe the title. Wrong! Listing the colours of the rainbow is impossible because there are at least millions of gradations in a spectrum which is what a rainbow really … Continue reading
Drinking
I bet most of you, when seeing that title, think about alcohol drinking first. The fact that each and every day you drink more water and other liquids just doesn’t seem to register in our society. Drinking usually means alcohol … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language
Tagged addiction, alcohol, alcohol anonymous, boiled water in coffee or tea if water is contaminated, drinking, English, Europe, how about juices, more alcohol - shorter life, non drinker, noughties, overdrinking, overhydration, soft drinks, teetotaler, why Europeans drink so much
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Mis’er
Kammarina was despondent about working at the White House as a cleaner. She had asked her employers for a better contract but none were available since it was a given that you start at the bottom. She was descended from … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Politics
Tagged "You're fired" catch phrase, cleaner might not have to speak with president, Donald Trump, English, honourifics, indigenous group, Melania Trump, president, President 'rump, South America, unable to make the 't' sound around Trump, White House, Women don't want Trump to grab them by the p**sy, working for Trump
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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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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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Is the UK a Suffix Snob?
Canada, Australia and New Zealand try so hard to look good to the United Kingdom. We go so far as to make the United Kingdom’s head of state our own head of state. How more obvious do you want us … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, History, Humour, Politics
Tagged Aussies, Australia, British, Canada, Canucks, Danish, English, Finnish, Greenland, Iceland, Irish, ish inhabitants, Kiwis, New Zealand, Norwegians, Poles, Polish, Queendom, Scottish, Spaniards, Spanish, Swedish, United Kingdom, Vikings, Welsh
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