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Miscellaneous
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I have used the mixed bag of
information below in my weekly class intros. |
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Yes,
Virgina, there is a Santa Claus |
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Enjoy an
American Christmas classic read out on YouTube. |
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Alternatively,
take a look at the linguistic
parody of the text. |
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ASCII
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What can you do
with punctuation marks (and symbols)? |
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your own ASCII art from photographs. |
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Usage
guides |
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On the site
with the telling name bridgingtheunbridgeable.com,
linguists from the university of Leiden comment on usage
questions and usage guides,
thereby attempting to bridge the gap between prescriptivists, the general
public and descriptive linguistics. |
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British
literature map |
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One of my
students told me about this beautiful literary
map of Great Britain, in which the names
of 181 British writers compose the
well-known geographical shape by
representing the area the individual writers are most closely associated
with. |
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Special
ways of writing |
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Discover
special alphabets
(some of which make use of humans or objects to represent letters) and ambigrams
(i.e. writing that can be read not only in the usual way but also upside
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Idiosyncratic
place names |
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English place
names are often pronounced in an unexpected way. Thus the pronunciation of
Cirencester is fairly close to that of sister.
In case of doubt, you may wish to consult a pronouncing dictionary such as
the Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary.
Click here
for a demo. |
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PhD
Comics |
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Jorge Cham's PhD
Comics reveal a profound knowledge of the academic
world, whose particularities he exaggerates in a very funny
way. You can subscribe to a free mailing list. Highly
recommendable! |
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Problem
areas for learners |
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There are different
types of problem students may encounter while learning English.
This short little film
shows them with a wink. |
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Kicktionary |
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Thomas Schmidt's
kicktionary
provides the interested reader with lexicographical information on the vocabulary
of soccer in English, German and French. |
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Wepsite |
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If you like English
jokes and cartoons, discover the Wepsite. |
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Christmas |
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There are many
nice Christmas-related sites on the internet: |
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Christmas carols, with both lyrics and background music being
provided. |
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