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Fast food – differences » Learning to speak 'merican
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Learning to speak 'merican. What’s this blog about? My other blog (about teaching). Fast food – differences. But fast food – surely that would be no problem? Isn’t that American anyway? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Things the UK, US and Canada can’t agree on. So what is it exactly…. Wo)Man vs. Machine. A class for students in British and American English. So what is it exactly…. The Queen’s English. Fast food – differences. Things the UK, US and Canada can’t agree on. Want an email when I post new content?
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Putting my foot in my mouth » Learning to speak 'merican
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Learning to speak 'merican. What’s this blog about? My other blog (about teaching). Putting my foot in my mouth. Here are a few that have got me in trouble:. When I used this word to describe a hostess who had made me very comfortable and welcome in her beautiful and well run home, I had no idea I was saying she was plain and ugly. This sounds like a such desirable thing to my British ear, and I have to keep reminding myself that someone using the expression here is probably being derogatory. No, i’...
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American Life » Learning to speak 'merican
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Learning to speak 'merican. What’s this blog about? My other blog (about teaching). Vive the differences…. So what is it exactly…. That Americans don’t like about Marmite? Fast food – differences. But fast food – surely that would be no problem? Isn’t that American anyway? Things the UK, US and Canada can’t agree on. I didn’t want to forget this Buzzfeed post, so I’m popping the link here: http:/ www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/things-america-canada-and-the-uk-cannot-agree-on. Here’s another related post.
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What is pragmatics? » Learning to speak 'merican
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Learning to speak 'merican. What’s this blog about? My other blog (about teaching). Is a relatively young branch of linguistics and basically it’s about the way we get meaning from context to understand people’s intentions or not, of course – but it’s not a simple thing to define. Where they have just started running an American English month very exciting! She has illustrated it perfectly. Laine grew up in South Africa and her story goes thus:. 8220;PRAGMATICS IS THE STUDY OF HOW WE DON”T SAY WHAT...
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Mind » Learning to speak 'merican
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Learning to speak 'merican. What’s this blog about? My other blog (about teaching). Our latest video for English learners:. Of course what we didn’t have time to do was explore some of the peculiar BrE and AmE differences. There’s ‘mind’ as in ‘Mind the gap’ and Lynnequist has made an excellent post about that here. And it still drives my husband nuts. But we’ll have to save that for another video one day. So lots to do – trust you won’t mind if I press on now…. One Response to “Mind”. And/or Subscribe t...
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(Wo)Man vs. Machine » Learning to speak 'merican
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Learning to speak 'merican. What’s this blog about? My other blog (about teaching). Wo)Man vs. Machine. I wouldn’t like to live without Google translate but relying on it is a VERY dangerous thing – as illustrated by the great graphic below from. So it is with very great pleasure that I introduce a their guest post…. But the question remains: Are these services a viable replacement for having a human translator? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. I don’t mind – I don’t care. Wo)Man vs. Machine. Want an email wh...
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Metaphor shakes things up » Learning to speak 'merican
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Learning to speak 'merican. What’s this blog about? My other blog (about teaching). Metaphor shakes things up. Learning to speak ‘merican is like trying to: catch the rain, nail jello to the wall, shoot pool with a rope, fold the New York Times in a high wind, leave New Orleans when a hurricane is coming, change the course of the Niagara Falls with a bucket. 14 Responses to “Metaphor shakes things up”. December 29, 2009 at 12:24 am. Six metaphors a minute? Where do they get these stats from? I’m with Ale...
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Sorry, I’m English » Learning to speak 'merican
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Learning to speak 'merican. What’s this blog about? My other blog (about teaching). Sorry, I’m English. I have to remember not to say ‘sorry’ too much in the States. Of course, the word exists here, but transferring my British ‘sorry’ habits would make me sound rather peculiar. Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour. By Kate Fox is a terrific source for the hidden rules of English behaviour. She’s very entertaining, but very insightful too. June 27, 2009 at 10:01 am. What do you do?
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Politeness » Learning to speak 'merican
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Learning to speak 'merican. What’s this blog about? My other blog (about teaching). There are two contrasting aspects to politeness. On the one hand we want to gain the respect of others, and on the other hand, we want the ability to do whatever we want without other people impeding us. So politeness involves both awarding esteem (positive politeness) and not getting in anyone’s way (negative politeness). By: UggBoy UggGirl PHOTO WORLD TRAVEL. I’m using the terms ‘positive’ and ‘negative̵...8230;] yo...
