British English versus Canadian English
This video shows some of the differences in British English and Canadian English. Related Articles: Acronyms & Tech Speak How ok took over the world Idiom Dictionary English Text Shortcuts Please support my blog by clicking this blog site ranking list.
Posted by Aidan under English, Slang | Permalink | No Comments »Robot English Teachers in South Korea
Some schools in rural parts of South Korea have started using robots to help teach English. The robots are controlled via the Internet by teachers in the Philippines. http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci-tech/schools-plug-in-robot-english-teachers-20101228-19975.html Related Articles: The Japanese tourist who joined Pakistani mountain tribe Chinese Fast Trains Spelling Bees Studying at Disney World Nightingale Floors Please support my blog by [...]
Posted by Aidan under English, Slang | Permalink | No Comments »English Spelling
English spelling is difficult because it is so inconsistent. Just hearing a word doesn’t let you know how it’s spelled. In English there are national spelling competitions where children compete to spell difficult words. Spelling competitions wouldn’t make much sense in Japanese, almost all of the spelling is consistent. Instead Japanese has reading/writing competitions for [...]
Posted by Aidan under English, Slang | Permalink | No Comments »Most Hated Cliches
An online survey recently asked English speakers to identify the cliches that annoyed them most. “24/7″ and “literally” were some of the phrases that annoyed people the most. Oxford compiles list of top ten irritating phrases http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/debates/3394545/Oxford-compiles-list-of-top-ten-irritating-phrases.html 20 of your most hated cliches Related Articles: Acronyms & Tech Speak Most Hated Cliches Idiom Dictionary Collective [...]
Posted by Aidan under English, Slang | Permalink | No Comments »Using Translation Software
Electronic dictionaries are very popular in Japan. My old Palm Pilot (a PDA or mini computer) has a dictionary where you can draw kanji or look up kanji and it will show you the stroke order). I don’t have an iPhone, but now there are lots of dictionary and translation programs on the iPhone. A [...]
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