I’ve been home feeling under the weather the past two days. I think I caught my cold early last week when I started sniffling off and on. I must say I did a pretty good job keeping it at bay until Sunday, when it suddenly got worse and my nose started to run nonstop. 😐… Read more »
I’m always ON THE LOOKOUT FOR interesting ads and signs around town. I found this ad on the subway and related to it as I can be SUCH A NEAT FREAK. I usually try to stay organized and CLUTTER-free. However, it’s not always easy. Sometimes, I let the mess PILE UP before I MAKE TIME… Read more »
Americans are HEADING TO THE POLLS today to CAST their votes for certain local and state officials. A number of governors & members of Congress are on the ballot. Some people think it’s “only” a midterm election and is therefore not as significant as a Presidential election. However, it is very important as the OUTCOME… Read more »
Beautiful, but a source of allergy-causing pollen, which is supposedly much plentiful this year making the allergy season particularly brutal. I read today that allergy season here in #NYC is particularly rough this year because of the cold winter and the large amount of snow that we got. The cold temperatures delayed the ONSET of… Read more »
I still have the morning fog that we had this past Thursday in mind and thought it would make a nice vocabulary lesson. First of all, I was running late and was in such a rush to catch my train that I didn’t notice that FOG had BLANKETED the area. It wasn’t until my train… Read more »
Do you recognize the idiom in this cover headline? It’s a play on words. A STONE’S THROW AWAY means something is not far, or it’s very close. For example, you can say “The beach is just A STONE’S THROW AWAY from my house.” This story is about the city’s plans to replace the old, hand-cut… Read more »
Consider this sentence: Sue is such a fun person to be with, but I think Jim is more fun than Sue. However, I think Ted is the most fun. We don’t say “funner than” or “the funnest” although these are apparently slowly becoming acceptable. This is because English is a living language and continuous to… Read more »
Needle & button in Midtown Manhattan If you’re in New York City, you’ll find this enormous (huge) needle and button leaning against an information booth in Midtown Manhattan. I walk by this sculpture in the city’s Garment district everyday and have often thought of the expression “like looking for a needle in a haystack.” (Yes, I… Read more »
MADE FROM SCRATCH – prepared from basic ingredients (flour, water, sugar, …) I found this cool idiom on a poster at Whole Foods. I go there QUITE A BIT (often) to get some work done, take advantage of their free wifi, and have some of their prepared dishes. They’re A BIT PRICEY (a little expensive);… Read more »
Hello, folks! In this TongueTwisting4BetterSpeech, we will practice both the short vowel sound /I/ and the long vowel sound /i/. It’s always good to practice the sounds separately especially if it’s a bit challenging, so you can go to our April 3, 2012 post to practice /I/ and to our April 10, 2012 post for /i/.If you’re… Read more »
