Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language? Let’s face it English is a stupid language. There is no egg in the eggplant No ham in the hamburger And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple. English muffins were not invented in England French fries were not invented in France. We [...]
This is a story of a happy family which consists of a father, a mother, a son named Tono, and a daughter named Tini.
Last Sunday, the happy family — father, mother, Tono, and Tini were going on a picnic. Before they left, mother was in the kitchen making father some breakfast. Tono was putting on his sneakers. How about Tini? When Tono realized that Tini was still asleep, Tono rushed into the bedroom and called out “Tini, hey Tini, wake up, Tini!”.
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather than German which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty’s Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five year phase-in plan that would be known [...]
How you can spot a Canadian, eh? -Don McGillivray (Ottawa columnist for Southam Newspapers) How do you tell a Canadian from an American? It used to be enough to ask him to say the alphabet. When the Canadian got to the end, he’d say “zed” instead of “zee”. But 18 years of Sesame Street have [...]