Posted on January 20, 2008 by msnev
I know, who really has any free time these days? But if you need a momentary diversion, I highly recommend http://freerice.com. It is good vocabulary practice and (hopefully) helps out people in need.
Just be careful; it’s quite addictive. Someone in a morning class told me about it a few weeks ago, and I ended up skipping lunch that day to give it a shot. My total ended up being about 4,000 grains of rice before I realized lunch was almost over and my sandwich had been neglected. Yikes!
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Posted on January 19, 2008 by msnev
…subprime!
As mentioned to 3rd period (and I think the rest of you would also find this interesting) a week or so ago, the American Dialect Society designates a new word of the year each year. Last year it was “plutoed,” and the year before it was “truthiness.” For definitions and explanations of those, as well as the complete lists of nominees and winners from other years, click here.
It’s interesting to see how our language changes as we need words for new phenomena. It’s also interesting to see how recently so many new words have come from simply “verbifying” nouns (ironically, “verbify” is the result of the “verbification” of the noun “verb.” Yikes. Take a minute to let your brain digest that.). If you want to hear the concept explained through the infamous “Don’t tase me, bro!” debacle at the University of Florida a few months ago , go here. Enjoy!
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