Have a good one
Ever since I’ve been in the US everybody seems to say, “Have a good one.” Is this a Boston thing? Or something that creeped into the general language over the last few years? I’m sure it was not an almost … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: language
Forgot an English word… should I worry?
Ever have one of those times when you know a foreign language word for a common thing, you can see the thing, you know what the thing is, but for the life of you you can’t remember the English word? … Continue reading →
Objects and Things
I was having difficulty explaining to a Japanese person the difference between a “thing” and an “object.” Native speakers will tend to naturally use one or the other, depending on the situation. For example: An unidentified flying object. We wouldn’t … Continue reading →
What accent do you have?
An interesting quiz: http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have For me the result was “Northeast.” I guess you can take the boy out of New York but you can’t take New York out of the boy. It said: “Judging by how you talk you are … Continue reading →