Brazilian Portuguese can be tricky.
The 'R' in Rio is halfway to an 'H'.
On Jan 2, 2014, at 8:33 PM, Carol wrote:
> I live in Orion, Illinois, which is due east of Milan and north of Rio, none
> of which are pronounced correctly. Orion used to be pronounced correctly
> since it was named for th
I live in Orion, Illinois, which is due east of Milan and north of Rio, none of
which are pronounced correctly. Orion used to be pronounced correctly since it
was named for the constellation, but over the years the residents changed it
(it was Deanington before it became Orion). I guess Midweste
House' tun
SoHo is south of it.
On Jan 2, 2014, at 6:42 PM, Mike Palij wrote:
> Okay, I just want to double-check something:
>
> (1) The article that Claudia Stanny linked to on the New Yorker
> website is actually a joke with the punchline "You are from
> Worcester, Massachusetts". It doesn'
On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:21:29 -0800, Ken Steele wrote:
To continue the dialect fun, there is a
town/section/greater-metropolitan
whatever/ that is just west of Asheville, NC, that is spelled
Leicester.
You will know the locally-correct pronuciation if you are from
Worcester, MA.
Ken
LESS-
To continue the dialect fun, there is a
town/section/greater-metropolitan whatever/ that is just west of
Asheville, NC, that is spelled Leicester.
You will know the locally-correct pronuciation if you are from
Worcester, MA.
Ken
PS - I can't compete in Mike P's contest because I have bee
Okay, I just want to double-check something:
(1) The article that Claudia Stanny linked to on the New Yorker
website is actually a joke with the punchline "You are from
Worcester, Massachusetts". It doesn't matter how you answered
the questions, Sarah Larson, the author of the article is either
i
Actually, it does let you submit from the link - underlined - in " How well
does this test of regional slang reveal where you’re from?" I took it and it
told me I was either from northern new england or southern Florida (obviously
people who fled the hardy and healthy north). I will check outsid
OK. This one is low tech and won't let you actually submit your answers.
But it is worth a look anyway.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/shouts/2014/01/what-do-yall-yinz-and-
yix-call-stretchy-office-supplies.html?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=
generalsocial&utm_medium=facebook
Happy New Year,
Hi everyone,
New to ToPIX in 2014 is the Student Online Academic Research Library (or "SOAR
Library" for short). This page on ToPIX, overseen by Carrie Lloyd, will house
empirical research studies conducted by students.
For more information on the SOAR Library, please check out the STP Blog at
Hi again,
If you've ever lived in Arizona, or perhaps even if you've just heard about the
state in a casual conversation, you probably are aware that it is a safe haven
for those who express claims/beliefs that either are not supported or are in
opposition to what the best scientific evidence s
If this article wasn't on CNET, I'd have thought it was a spoof
but judge for yourself:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57616458-1/dogs-do-doo-duty-in-alignment-with-earths-magnetic-field/
Here is the original journal article:
http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/10/1/80/abstract
Who knew
Please remind your students that if they are studying for a test while smoking
a joint,they should be stoned when taking the test.
This illustrates State-dependent
recall.
michael
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