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Several Murder Confessions Taken by Brooklyn Detective Have Similar Language...
Several Murder Confessions Taken by Brooklyn Detective Have Similar LanguageNew York TimesBy then the language had already appeared in several other cases. One of them centered on a 1994 arson in...
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"You know, bats are actually good to have around 'cuz they keep the...
You're having a picnic in your back yard. It's almost dark. You see a bat flying around. Your neighbor is worried about it, but you like bats. You explain why. You know, bats are actually good to have...
View Article6/13/13 - blockbuster
1. A stunning new and unexpected event or object that generates enormous sales or revenues. 2. (Offensive) An African American who moves into an all-white neighborhood. 3. A bomb with the explosive...
View ArticleWords in the News: Clear the Decks
The chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, Stephen Hester, was forced out of his job on Wednesday with a payoff at least £1.6m as the bailed-out bank started preparations for privatisation next...
View ArticleReuters Video: Paris' Grand Palais goes old school with a drive-in cinema
A temporary thousand-seater drive-in cinema opens in the French capital. Sharon Reich reports. TRANSCRIPT REPORTER: It's a long way from the old days, but Paris is bringing back the drive-in movie...
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Future of Welsh-language festival in Cardiff at risk - WalesOnline
WalesOnlineFuture of Welsh-language festival in Cardiff at riskWalesOnline“We at Menter Caerdydd believe Cardiff council understands the role the Welsh-speaking community plays in the city and that...
View ArticleWord of the day: Mach
The big bang in the sky. Mach was named after the 19th century Austrian physicist Ernst Waldfried Mach, who was a also teacher of Einstein. The Mach number refers to the ratio of the speed of an object...
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#175 - how to pronounce 'teeth'
We are back from a long break and answer a viewer's question. If you have a question yourself go to http://www.speakingenglishpodcast.com/topic/. Thanks for watching and don't forget to join us on...
View ArticleSerfin’ the tide of Russian history
Since I’ve done a number of vocabulary and grammar posts recently, I thought that this week, for a change of pace, we’ll take a look at Russian history. And, more specifically, the history of that...
View ArticleMenikmati budaya Indonesia di Pasar Hamburg
Pada tanggal 1 Juni yang lalu, sebuah acara budaya Indonesia diselenggarakan di Hamburg. Acara ini disebut "Pasar Hamburg", yang jika diterjemahkan ke Bahasa Inggris, akan menjadi "Hamburg Market"....
View ArticleSavoring Indonesian culture in Pasar Hamburg
On the first of June, an Indonesian cultural event was held here in Hamburg. The event was called “Pasar Hamburg”, which if translated to English; it would be “Hamburg Market”.The event itself has been...
View ArticleCartoons for the Classroom: Warrantless Scrutiny
The latest edition of Cartoons for the Classroom relates to the revelations that U.S. intelligence agencies are gathering phone and Web data of millions of citizens. The cartoon by Joe Heller from the...
View ArticleThe Compliance Manager; Our Misunderstood Friend
"Every company is just one bad decision or one 'bad employee' away from scandal, one scandal away from a salacious headline, and one headline away from a flood of lawsuits." William Lytton Like the...
View ArticleGene/culture co-evolution
Recommended reading: Simon Fisher and Matt Ridley, "Culture, Genes, and the Human Revolution", Science 24 May 2013. (Another version is here.) A common assumption is that the emergence of behaviorally...
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Third language at schools welcomed - Independent Online
Independent OnlineThird language at schools welcomedIndependent OnlineCape Town - A plan for all pupils to learn a third, African, language has been welcomed by linguistic academics who say pupils will...
View ArticleVideo: Kal Draws Trade
"Kal Draws Trade" is one of a series of six videos explaining economic concepts by Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher, the resident cartoonist for The Economist. Other videos in the series include "Taxation",...
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Sorry for the long silence
I sincerely apologize for being silence so long! Time has been flying since September: public shool life is even more challenging and more hard than I expected it to be. I have been experiencing new...
View ArticleThanks for Voting!
I’m pleased to announce that this blog has been voted #4 among Lexiophiles’ “Language Professional Blogs” for 2013. Read about all of the top 25 Language Professional Blogs. Icing on the cake: my...
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Citizen Science: Rinse & Repeat
One of the funny things about language is that everybody has their own. There is no "English" out there, existing independently of all its speakers. Instead, there are about one billion people out...
View ArticleLanguage tip of the week: damage
In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are usually based on areas of English which learners find difficult, e.g....
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