Fun with words: tumor
Creative Punny Business Names Intended
The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of homophonic, homographic, metonymic, or metaphorical language. Here is a list of business names… Read More
O slogan da primeira campanha global do McDonald’s no Brasil não foi uma tradução literal, e por isso foi um sucesso
Uma boa tradução captura o espírito de um texto sem segui-lo à risca. Ele captura a energia, a textura e a voz do texto de origem e as replica na tradução, valendo-se de todos os recursos do idioma de destino. Uma boa tradução transmite o que está escrito nas entrelinhas, e foi o que aconteceu… Read More
Fun with words: an amazing sentence in English
Woof Woof: Dog Barks in Different Languages
Woof is the conventional representation in the English language of the barking of a dog. As with other examples of onomatopoeia or imitative sounds, other cultures “hear” the dog’s barks differently and represent them in their own ways. Some of the equivalents of “woof” in other European and Asian languages are as follows: English –… Read More
List of 100 Irregular Plural Nouns in English
Singular: Plural: abyss abysses alumnus alumni analysis analyses aquarium aquaria arch arches atlas atlases axe axes baby babies bacterium bacteria batch batches beach beaches brush brushes bus buses calf calves chateau chateaux cherry cherries child children church churches circus circuses city cities cod cod copy copies crisis crises curriculum curricula deer deer dictionary dictionaries domino dominoes dwarf dwarves echo echoes elf elves emphasis emphases family families fax faxes fish fish… Read More
Confusing words: Words With No Plural Forms
Many students who are learning English are very surprised to learn that the words information, knowledge, and jewelry have no plural forms. These are called uncountable noums: Here is my list so far: accommodation advice baggage bread bravery chaos clarity courage cowardice equipment education evidence furniture garbage greed homework honesty information jewelry knowledge livestock luggage marketing… Read More
List of 370 Irregular Verbs in English
The English language has a large number of irregular verbs, approaching 200 in normal use—and significantly more if prefixedforms are counted. In most cases, the irregularity concerns the past tense (also called preterite) or the past participle. A Infinitive Simple Past Past Participle arise arose arisen awake awakened / awoke awakened / awoken B backslide… Read More
Top Twenty Ways to Tell Someone Their Fly Is Unzipped
20. The cucumber has left the salad. 19. I can see the gun of Navarone. 18. Someone tore down the wall, and your Pink Floyd is hanging out. 17. You’ve got Windows on your laptop. 16. Sailor Ned’s trying to take a little shore leave. 15. Your soldier ain’t so unknown now. 14. Quasimodo needs… Read More
Ten Most Common Misspelled Words in English
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