How would you advise a student who decides she wan... ...student who decides she wants to go for a PhD in English literature? Not that it matters; the student does...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/11/01/so-you-want-to-get-a-phd-in-the-humanities/Don't let the grammar Nazis get you down! If they'... ...Train blog has a nifty post over at Boston about English language rules that even the grammar Nazis got wr... ...I marry. “People that has always been good English ,” notes Bryan Garner in Garner’s Mode...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/08/29/english-rules-that-even-the-grammar-nazis-got-wrong/The Chaos is a poem often used to demonstrate how... ...nstrate how difficult it is to pronounce words in English , as the spelling and pronunciation varies so. It... ...t) lines: Dearest creature in creation Studying English pronunciation, I will teach you in my verse...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/01/29/the-chaos/Can you name the most commonly used words in the English language? In this quiz, you'll have twelve minute...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/18/english-words-quiz/Can't speak English ? You better not be pulled over in Texas ... Nearl... ...exas ... Nearly forty people have gotten "no- English " traffic violation tickets: The Dallas Polic... ...gon received another ticket for being a "non- English speaking driver."Dal...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/25/no-english-traffic-ticket/[https://youtu.be/-VsmF9m_Nt8] (YouTube link)The s... ...n an American accent, it sounds like it should be English
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/prisencolinensinainciusol/Okay, okay - Neatorama is rated PG, so I won't sho... ...each his Chinese grandma some um, choice words of English . Kenny, you're going straight to hell (and I'm pr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/27/bad-grandma-swearing/New signs for a public loo in Winchcombe, England have people scratching their heads. The infographic resembles a skier with poles, or a man on an escalator. The words "ambulant urinal" convey the idea of a urinal that w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/21/baffling-toilet-signs/Friend/Enemy Ambigram, by Naguib and Fadilah of NagfaEnglish, she's a'changin'. The latest edition of the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary are 100 words that you may already be using:There are words such as locavo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/frenemy-flash-mob-and-other-new-english-words/The following is an article from Uncle Jo... ...der Golden Plunger Awards By most estimates, the English language includes about one million words, yet na... ...the ones they do use correct. Like all languages, English is constantly changing - new words are added, old... ...riginal term, used from about 1825...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/29/words-that-changed-their-meanings/
