Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently humorous. (Winston Churchill loved them.) Where there’s a will, I want to be in it. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on my list. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright… (more…)
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Top 10 grammar peeves
Enough said, I am sure.
How the English language was developed
An entertaining video that in tells you how the English language came to be, 10 minutes.
One story. Many languages.
Have you ever read a story, and then read the same story in another language, dear reader? Did you find one or the other better, more amusing, more entertaining? Or were they equal in those and other ways? It is amazing for me to realise how large the difference in languages are, when putting a story from one into the… (more…)
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