четверг, 13 декабря 2012 г.

An English Pronunciation Poem

An English Pronunciation Poem

I take it you already know 
Of tough and bough and cough and dough? 
Others may stumble but not you 
On hiccough, thorough, slough and through. 
Well done! And now you wish perhaps, 
To learn of less familiar traps?

Just for fun "Simon's Cat"

Driving Home For Christmas


British Pronunciation





The mind of the machines

Nature's Eternal Arms Race

среда, 12 декабря 2012 г.

"Xmas" or "Christmas"?


 The origin and appropriateness of "Xmas."
Retailers have long been accused of secularizing Christmas by using "Xmas" in signs and