Apparently Lake Superior State University publishes a list of words each year that they feel should be banned. This year’s list, complete with comments, can be found HERE. For the sake of brevity, I include it below as well. I admit I have used “amazing” (in it’s proper context and not repeatedly) and “man cave” [...]
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List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness – 2012
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English Pronunciation
Posted in Life on December 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world. After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud. Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach [...]
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