Calque vs loanword. Cool blog. These two are very similar but subtly different. Flea Market and Skyscraper are examples.
Category: BreakTime
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Hot Stuff Checked
Kottke points us to a new video (20 minutes) about hot sauces and the YouTube channel ….
Besides talking about food, this is a good exploration into critical thinking.
Bonus, this channel HowTown is going to be on my regular rotation of shows that are replacing my addiction (and dirty little secret) to reality TV with TV about Reality (I just made that up. A quick list of shows I check regularly: Cleo Abram with optimistic science, Dami Lee on architecture, Greens
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Pragmatics. And Jokes.
The Reverse is a masterful manipulation of expectations that defies normal Pragmatics. This type of joke, more than most, defies built expectations.
The best at this is Anthony Jeselnick. Profiled.
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Word Quiz
NYTimes (gift article) checks your knowledge of current words that are popular. A good example of a quiz working as a learning tool. I got 6 out of 10, which I consider pretty good. I especially liked the new meanings of “preppy” and “Ohio”.
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Rotating Sandwiches
At least 6, and maybe 8, of these Rotating Sandwiches are not sandwiches. But controversy aside, this is a great resource for language teaching. Besides our yes/no, we can compare, we can guess the prices, we can list ingredients, we can make recipes. I’m sure there is more. Thanks to Kottke for the link.
