Mary Christmas!

YES, I meant to spell it that way. See for yourself:

Have a wonderful holiday ;)

A History of English (in 10 minutes)

Al's Alphabet Rap

Not the video I was looking for (audio only), but at least you'll be able to practice the chorus at home now:

Captain's Log, Stardate... whatever

Just a quick welcome to all new readers coming to this blog from the "Adam-Kraft-Gymnasium" where I will be teaching for a while. Live long & prosper ;)

Felix Austria

I know it's Latin. But ever since Harry Potter Vol.6 introduced "felix felicis", I'm assuming that people will understand what that headline means ;) Anyway, here's a great story I came across today: The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has now been officially approved by the Austrian authorities issuing driver's licences: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14135523

Geronimo!

Auntie Beeb saves me the trouble of writing up on the US of A's battle cry of choice which you might have heard was used to relay the coded message of Mr. Bin Laden's demise. O Geronimo, no minor ego!

Homophone Humour

Bread Pitt
Carrion Items
Good gnus, bad gnus
"If that's an a(u)nt, then that's for me!"

FYI: OED SEZ LOLZ OK... OMG!

TMI?

Das Kapital

Sorry, I don't seem to be able to resist playing with words. Anyway, here's the link I promised to my "W(ee)Seminar" about capitalization in titles/headlines:
Well, Lookee What We Have Here! Thanks, Tina. Best one I've seen so far.

Beware Double Meanings

My favorite example from France: At least they did try to clarify by adding "films or photos", but it still sounds hilarious ;) (Hint: Here again, punctuation can make all the difference - putting "films or photos" in parentheses instead of making the whole thing an enumeration of three forbidden things would have helped a great deal.)

P.S. I'm not even starting on "the enclosure of the castle" and the proper context & meaning of the word "comprehension". I am, after all, not a native speaker myself and don't really have the right to criticize my fellow non-natives :)

The Montgomery Story

Everything you need to know about Dr Martin Luther King and Ms Rosa Parks (and a bit of Ghandi as well) in the form of a vintage (!) comic book. Give it a read.

It's Groundhog Day. Again.

...and once again, the world (the Americanized part of it, anyway - and maybe those who've seen the movie) is looking at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (those are real names, I'm not making those up!), to find out if groundhog Phil will see his shadow. Six more weeks of winter?
UPDATE: Doesn't look like it. Now, does that only mean the US eastern seaboard or what?

An English lesson with Mr Schmid

Life is beautiful.

 

 

Every single day...

Somebody reminded me that it's still Christmas on my blog and if I shouldn't change that. I had to agree - but as usual, what I SHOULD have replied only came to me later: It's Christmas EVERY DAY in HEAVEN ;)

 


Monty Python - Christmas in Heaven