Gavin was walking along the High Street of his shire when a right English rain began to tumble down. Ducked he himself into a pub, whereupon friends he met, quaffed a number of pints, and then a few more, and began the long slow stagger home in the midnight hour. Meandering in the cold, Gavin [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Joke: Excessive Vindaloo
Posted in Jokes, tagged Cats, Curry, Delicacy, Food, Humor, Vindaloo on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Photograph of the Day: Teals and Dunes
Posted in Photography, tagged Birds, Color, Deserts, Dunes, Photographs, Sand, Teals on January 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Clearing Up the Confusion in English
Posted in English, tagged Communication, Confusion, English, languages, Writing on January 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Maybe some of you who are studying English as a second language, may be having a hard time grasping the language. Others don’t. I guess some persons have a natural-born disposition to learn languages, while others like me, struggle to learn the rules of the game. Some words are so close to others in spelling [...]
Photograph of the Day: Mount Kilimanjaro
Posted in Photography, tagged Africa, Landscapes, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mountains, Photographs on January 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Cambio is a Popular Word in Panama
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Changes, Corruption, Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Jail, Justice, Panama, Ricardo Marinelli on January 16, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Cambio is the Spanish word for change. During the last political campaign, Ricardo Martinelli based his political message in the word change. He said time had come to change to country. For much too long every new president was more of the same. He promised that if he won, he was going to break with [...]
Photograph of the Day: Autumn Light
Posted in Photography, tagged Autumn, Colors, Foliage, Forest, Photographs, Seasons, Trees on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
To Hyphenate or Not to Hyphenate, That is the Question
Posted in English, tagged Communications, English, Hyphens, Language, Punctuation, Writing on January 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Another confusing area of the English language, is the use of dashes, hyphens and right parentheses. This was pointed out by a dear reader of Lingua Franca. I told him it would be part of my yesterday’s homework. For some reason, writers and editors have a tendency to overuse hyphens. They won’t lose an opportunity [...]
Photograph of the Day: Autumn Colors
Posted in Photography, tagged Autumn, Colors, Foliage, Landscapes, Nature, Photographs, Seasons on January 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Understanding English
Posted in English, tagged Communication, English, languages, Punctuation, Writing on January 14, 2010 | 15 Comments »
During my English classes with Miss Florence McLaughlin at the Farm #8 School in Changuinola, Bocas del Toro during the Jurassic Period, I paid little attention to punctuation. My main interests were composition, grammar, verb conjugation, and spelling. I don’t know why, but punctuation seemed so insignificant. As I plunged deeper into the language, I [...]
Photograph of the Day: Addiction
Posted in Photography, tagged Addiction, Carbon Monoxide, Cigarettes, Habits, Nicotine, Poison, Smoking, Tar on January 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
