LinguaBlog

online Chinese input method

2007-02-11T20:16:00.000-08:00

learned about this very useful online Chinese language input tool from mis_nomer. i can "type" Chinese online now without needing to download any software. if i can find one that types original characters and that blogger can use, that would be great!

spoonerism

2006-09-23T17:44:00.000-07:00

rlickr fules
Originally uploaded by naasir@rogers.com.

spoonerism = Reversal of the initial letters or syllables of two or more words, such as “I have a half-warmed fish in my mind” (for “half-formed wish”) and “a blushing crow” (“a crushing blow”). The word is derived from the name of William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), a distinguished Anglican clergyman and warden of New College, Oxford, a nervous man who committed many “spoonerisms.” Such transpositions are often made intentionally for comic effect.

See Woonerism on Sikipedia.

MediterrAsian

2006-09-16T20:43:00.000-07:00

MediterrAsian - a term used to describe a lifestyle and diet combining the practices of people from Mediterranean and Asian regions. See my post about the site MediterrAsian.com where I first came upon this concept.

newspaper clipping generator

2006-09-07T16:09:00.000-07:00

found an interesting online tool for creating your own fun newspaper at The Newspaper Clipping Generator.

百香果 Passion Fruit

2006-09-06T19:00:00.000-07:00

百香果 Passion Fruit
Originally uploaded by Eat-My-Heart-Out 你吃,我看.

granadilla -- that's another name for passion fruit, which i learned today through this photo mosaic i found on Flickr.com.

more info on Wikipedia

business writing and language sites to note

2006-08-01T02:36:00.000-07:00

Manage Your Writing by Kenneth W. Davis

Bad Language by Matthew Stibbe

tamp

2006-07-23T21:48:00.000-07:00

with my recent renewed interest in latte art (see my Piegirl blogspot, i learned this new word: tamp.

To tamp is the action of tamping the coffee into the basket.... Read more at Wikipedia

hmmm...i wonder if the verb "to tamper" is related in any way...

Flexitarian

2006-07-15T23:11:00.000-07:00

flexitarian (fleks.uh.TAYR.ee.un) n. A person who eats a mostly vegetarian diet, but who is also willing to eat meat or fish occasionally. —adj. (Flexible + vegetarian.) http://flexitarian.blogspot.com/

what a cool word to describe my kind of diet practice!

blog fr singapore

2006-07-15T21:21:00.000-07:00

http://lonelinessmiile.blogspot.com/

i love to read singlish especially online...came across this blog while just cruising thru blogger.com

Aotearoa

2006-07-15T00:58:00.000-07:00

did you know that is the Maori name for New Zealand? learned that from the creator of thedailyenglishshow, Sarah, in her profile. well, actually i read it in her profile and had to look it up in Wikipedia.

translation from Wikipedia:
The original derivation of Aotearoa is not known for certain. Ao = cloud, tea = white and roa = long, and it is accordingly most often translated as "The land of the long white cloud". According to oral tradition, the daughter of explorer Kupe saw white on the horizon and called "He ao! He ao!" ("a cloud! a cloud!"). The first land sighted was accordingly named Aotea (White Cloud) and is now commonly known as Great Barrier Island. When a much larger landmass was found beyond Aotea, it was called Aotea-roa (Long Aotea). Thus Aotearoa is a traditional name only of the North Island, though it now commonly refers to the whole country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aotearoa#Translation

thedailyenglishshow

2006-07-15T00:39:00.000-07:00

this is a great site with videos created by an English teacher in Japan:

http://www.youtube.com/user/thedailyenglishshow

disoriented...?

2004-11-17T23:01:00.000-08:00

Pie asked me if I could ever be "dis-oriented" this evening?

Language Quirks

2004-11-16T23:55:00.000-08:00

My new language blog...

Found this on blogspot today....
Dinyahloreng: Be a Native Speaker