Tag: english
member name: Shannon C.
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March 28, 2007 10:42 AM EDT --
I just read Yvette Francino's February article about the word grok: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976912787
It got me thinking about common words & phrases that English . . .
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May 28, 2007 04:06 PM EDT --
In honor of the new Spanish group Rico has created (thanks, Rico!) I want to retell a story about false cognates that I remember my college Spanish teacher, Sta. Forrester, telling us in a class:
An American . . .
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February 12, 2007 09:18 PM EST --
Food labels make no sense to me. "All natural" is supposed to mean it's good for me, but isn't arsenic natural? What makes a food "lite?" Ignoring the dreadful . . .
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January 24, 2007 02:01 PM EST --
Why is the term "disabled" generally preferred over "handicapped?" Although I'm "fully abled," if I ever had to use a wheelchair or prosthetic, I would prefer to . . .
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January 19, 2007 12:06 PM EST --
I hate euphemisms, and one that I've noticed being used more and more (I even catch myself saying it occasionally) is "limited income" for "low income." "Limited . . .
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January 28, 2007 05:02 PM EST --
I rarely choose a book by its cover art, but that’s what I did with Road Kill by Marianne Macdonald, and I was glad I did. The book introduced me to antiquarian bookseller Dido Hoare, who, . . .
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