Things we say wrong

Can you pronounce these words and spell them from memory: either, protein, caffein … height … neighbor, weight, freight … foreign … human being? English is hard for native speakers, too. Many Americans, including Bush and Palin, say “nucular” instead of “nuclear”. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. “What you ought to know […]

Grammarians R Pissed

English teachers and writers, this one is for you: From 3:40: “You know, it’s not even a matter of semantics. Using simplistic, good versus evil rhetoric to obfuscate (verdunkeln) really complex situations… I mean, he talks at us like we’re kindergartners. It’s no wonder people misunderestimate (!) him.” Language focus: good language

Juan and Amal

John Well’s phonetic blog featured this ad (his photo): (noone likes…) and goes on to recount this old joke: