The Future of Literature
adminPenguin Books has commissioned 6 authors to tell 6 digital stories, one each week, for 6 weeks. The last one, and I think what is going to be the best…
Judge orders convicts to learn English
A judge in Pennsylvania has ordered 4 robbers who needed translators to learn English in one year or get put in jail for two years. WILKES-BARRE – Learn English or…
Can you do this? 21 different accents
An actress shows off her linguistic talent by doing a self-introduction in 21 different accents of English.
Education in America
My younger daughter may be going over to the US for high school. I am looking forward to seeing her older sister attend university in the US, but am wary…
The Origin of Fortune Cookies
OK, since they serve fortune cookies at the end of the meal in Chinese restaurants, you figure fortune cookies are from China. Wrong. They don't even have fortune cookies in…