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a restaurant in my hometown got a review that said the servers should “show some skin” so the owner added a potato skin special to the menu and all the proceeds from the special go to the west virginia foundation for rape information services (x)
That’s exactly the appropriate response.
This is beautiful.
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Grammar Myth: You cannot begin a sentence with "and," "or," "but," or "so"
It’s time to go myth-busting—grammar style!
So what we’re saying is that this grammar myth is officially busted. But if your teacher is adamant against the use of conjunctions at the start of sentences, do what he or she says. (You need the grade.)
Or don't overdo it and bring in copies of The New York Times (or your teacher's favorite authors) to defend yourself.
This would be impossible to enforce with any kind of consistency. I figure it will be kind of like using tax evasion to get the mob. In any case, I thought the llama usage was interesting. Really current Chinese slang uses the word for "drunk" to mean "I'm shocked" and I wondered if that came from emoticon usage. So when I read the alpaca thing I thought of the drama llama.
The city of Chongqing celebrates hotpot
That's a lot of hot pot. I really, really want hot pot now.
Interesting
I actually really like the idea of taking a movie I don't like and restructuring it as exercise. I like that better than daily prompts.
Reading this really helps to drive home the importance of sentence variation!
And examples in the explanations (word for that fell out of head) is sweet.
For all you Harry Potter and word fanatics out there…This is some serious use of alliteration!
Had to steal! I watched this a few weeks ago and loved it.
China’s pop culture, especially at grassroots level, has been undergoing a retro movement for quite some time. Arts and everyday objects of the 50s to the early 80s have been resurrected and reinvented with modern twists. This time, China’s always creative netizens are trying to give new life to...
Pretty interesting. I took Chinese Lit over the summer and some of the stuff that came right after the Culture Revolution has the same sarcastic tone. The soldier poster made me laugh harder than it should have.
And a Frozen parody I really enjoy. Just in time for finals.
So, I like the show "Once Upon a Time," but Elsa and Anna are on it now and, seriously, that makes me nervous (I watch it on Netflix and I'm perpetually busy, so I'm behind on episodes). These kind of capture my apprehensive feelings with movie sequels and successful books as movies.
I loves me the language-y bits.
This was brought up by another student in my Authorship and Collaboration course and I enjoy it, so here.
And now you are scarred, too. You're welcome.
Old twists on new tunes, every Thursday.
I love them, but I think "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" is at the top of my list.
GUYS, seriously, take the time to watch this. :D buahaha.
Awesome! And, on overanalyzing pop songs, the fox says, "Ken, ken." Yes, the Japanese have a sound for the fox.
Belated Symposium Thoughts
I attended the 8:50 session, so forgive me if it's all a bit blurry. Being the first session, it was the three presenters, the moderator, and me. For the sake of less awkwardness, all but the current speaker sat in the audience so the speaker could make eye contact with someone besides me. I am grateful for that. The presentations made me a little jealous of the freshman writing experience here on campus. I took my College Writing class elsewhere and, while I wrote some interesting pieces, we weren't given the option to do primary research and explore a topic. It was all pretty standard analysis and all I really remember from the class is that my professor was obsessed with Marilyn Monroe conspiracy theories.
The work was interesting. The first (and the best in my opinion) was on college students' varying motivations for going to the gym. It involved primary research based on an overheard conversation while she was at the gym. As she started researching, she noticed that different groups seemed to have different goals and that, as she conducted interviews, many of the reasons revolved around sociability. Funnily enough, the phrase "get swoll" (to bulk up on muscle which looks permanently swollen) came up as one that used in the weight room, but had previously been unknown to her and anyone else in the room besides me. I ran across it in the military which had Dr. Mann and me speculating on whether there is some linguistic crossover during the discussion portion.
The second was on One Direction's influence on teen girls. As you might imagine, the influence was negative and while I felt it was negative for gendered reasons, the evidence she presented took more of an addiction-based angle I hadn't expected. That being said, she was open to criticism and admitted that she, herself, had been a Directioner. We had an interesting conversation during her discussion section on the trivialization of female interests and possibilities for future research, which she hadn't previously been interested in. She still may not be, but maybe she can accept that "teen phase" a little better now.
The third was an analysis of a documentary called "Fresh" on organic farming. While her views on organic farming in actuality are positive, she took a harsh tone with the documentary for the persuasive techniques used. She analyzed everything from the opening examples of organic versus conventional farming to the coloration of certain parts of the film. The main benefit for the student in doing this project seemed to be her acknowledgement and awareness of biases in different forms of media. Despite the fact that doing the paper didn't change her beliefs, she was able to pick out the devices used and apply that same analytical lens to other parts of her life with on the spot examples.
All in all, it was kind of fun to go to and it inspired some interesting conversations both with the students themselves and with others I chatted with in the course of my day. I think the practice of presenting in this way is beneficial to the students and to the English department as it gets students in a frame of mind conducive to future undergraduate research and presents them with opportunities to share their work with real audiences. I would wager that those students who presented will most likely turn in better papers because they have a better idea of how their research can be received, its relevance, and because they have the opportunity to revise it.
