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A Categorization Of What Americans, Brits, And Chinese People Call Baked Goods
Food Buzz Cake is (almost) universal.
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Link: Rick Santorum To Puerto Rico: Speak English If You Want Statehood
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/14/rick-santorum-pu...
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Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told Puerto Ricans on Wednesday they would have to make English their primary language if they want to pursue U.S. statehood, a statement at odds with the U.S. Constitution.
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Should Mitt Romney Get Credit For English-Language Law?
Politics Buzz Romney frames record on English immersion as as his own issue, but fails to mention voters approved of the issue on a ballot initiative before he took office.
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Welcome To The English Language
Culture Buzz Yeah, good luck figuring out our words. Even native speakers can't get this down.
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Video: German Guy Doesn’t Understand ‘Shooting Fish In A Barrel’
Following the earlier post from a week ago, the confused German guy is back. (via viralviralvideos.com)
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Image: 10 Commonly Misunderstood English Words
It's ironic that I'm bemused and literally nonplussed by the enormity of the plethora of the words on this list. Wait - was that redundant or just noisome? (via cafeterra.info)
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Link: Death To High School English
http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/05/10/death_to_hig...
My college students don't understand commas, far less how to write an essay. Is it time to rethink how we teach?
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Image: How To Raise Your IQ By Eating Gifted Children
While searching through blogs I stumbled across my college English professor's new book. I always wondered how he got so smart…
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Video: This Is Alabama. We Speak English.
Tim James is running for governor of Alabama with an English-only platform. “If you don't know English, learn it.” [Ed. Note: Does whatever they speak in Alabama really count as “English?”]
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Video: Big Furry Mantraps!
1970s British PSA warns against the dangers of mantraps. Yeah, that's right.
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Image: Racist Microsoft Ads In Poland
Microsoft's website in Poland replaces a friendly looking black man found on their English site with a creepy looking white guy. Microsoft has since apologized and changed the image back, but that hasn't stopped the Something Awful forums from taking it and running with it.
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Image: That Poor Goose
A bunch of “thugs” shot this Canadian goose with a crossbow…and it flew away! Now, everyone's trying to find it so they can help it or put it to sleep. That poor goose.
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