Category: English Language Culture
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The Call of the Open Road
“No, I don’t know what I am going to do next, but that doesn’t bother me. It’s time [to go].” A friend and I were discussing her recent discussion to leave her job. She talked about the subsequent reactions from friends and colleagues: surprise, consternation and wonder, bordering on envy. She told me she was […]
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In Honour of Father’s Day
How many ways do you know how to say father in English? Three? Five? More?! I thought it would be à propos on this Father’s Day (note that it is Father’s, the day of father, as opposed to Fathers, plural, the day of/for fathers) to write a post on that precise question, and perhaps provide […]
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The Irish Impact
Try the following quiz to see what you know about words, expressions and traditions that linger in our language and culture! 1. Which of the following words means a crazy person? a) Bother b) Clock c) Bog d) Banshee 2. When a child misbehaves constantly, what do we call him/her? a) A banshee b) A […]