Acronyms & Tech Speak
With the rise in popularity of the Internet, more computer terms and acronyms have come into common usage. One of the most common is LOL = Laugh Out Loud. LOL has now been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12893416 Related Articles: Most Hated Cliches Idiom Dictionary Collective Nouns All the Words in the English [...]
Posted by Aidan under English, Slang, Vocabulary | Permalink | No Comments »How ok took over the world
The word okay is one of the most commonly used words in lots of different languages. It is such a useful expression that it has become parts of lots of languages. How ‘OK’ took over the world http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12503686 Related Articles: How ok took over the world British English versus Canadian English Idiom Dictionary English Text [...]
Posted by Aidan under English, Slang, Vocabulary | Permalink | No Comments »British English versus Canadian English
This video shows some of the differences in British English and Canadian English. Related Articles: How ok took over the world British English versus Canadian English Idiom Dictionary English Text Shortcuts Please support my blog by clicking this blog site ranking list.
Posted by Aidan under English, Slang, Vocabulary | Permalink | No Comments »Idiom Dictionary
English has so many idioms that it’s hard to learn them all. Different idioms are used in different countries and some idioms are only rarely used. A lot of idioms that textbooks use may be ones that are old-fashioned. Other idioms are fads – they are only used for a short time and then it [...]
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English Text Shortcuts When people are writing text messages (or emails) in English on their mobile phones, they often use abbreviations (短縮). Here are a few examples. C u tnt. See you tonight. What r u doing 4 xmas? What are you doing for Christmas? Talk 2 u l8r. Talk to you later. Lets meet [...]
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