Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English and they thought “VACANCIES” meant “holidays” because the Spanish word for “holidays” is said “vacaciones”. So they did not go to house where the sign outside said “VACANCIES” which in English means there are ...
After the recording session for "Where Ya At" wrapped, Drake and Future began working on the collaborative mixtape, What a Time to Be Alive. Drake flew to Atlanta for six days with the hopes of recording a handful of songs, but Future's relentless work ethic prompted the Toronto native to...
Ok, best conversation ever: we were in Guatemala and my friend asked one of the children what dogs say in Spanish. The little girl, like 6, responded, “Dogs don’t speak Spanish!” (She didn’t say, “Duh!” but that was the tone in her voice). Reply on September 11, 2012 at ...
When you use the hand signs for letters to spell out a word, you are finger spelling. Finger spelling is useful to convey names or to ask someone the sign for a particular concept. ASL uses one-handed signals for each letter of the alphabet (some other sign languages use both hands for...
Charmed:Feeling extremely lucky or fortunate as if protected by a charm or spell. Cheerful: A feeling of joy or good spirits. Cheesed off: Greatly annoyed; out of patience. Chesty:Feeling proudly or arrogantly self-assertive. Chipper:Feeling cheerful; cheery; upbeat. ...
I can’t even spell in English!” Listen: It’s not as hard as it seems. Honestly. You’ve done plenty of other “difficult” tasks with languages…you learnt: whether nouns in French are masculine or feminine to roll your Rrr in Spanish how to pronounce “ough” in 6 different ways...
When you pronounce for spelling, you exaggerate the pronunciation of a word to make it easier to spell. For example, in casual speech we often pronounce the word different as difrent, leaving out the second syllable. When we pronounce for spelling, we carefully enunciate each syllable (dif-...
M: I didn't know you made it to the finals. W: I'm worried I'll get nervous and freeze on stage. I might forget how to spell everything, even my own name. I don't know what to do. M: Nancy, I know that you’re not going to forget how to spell your name. I'll hel...
If you are using either and nor together, I hate to break it to you, but you’re doing it wrong. Additionally, nor is generally not used where neither is not also used. Got enough negative terms in there for you? Here’s an example of what I mean: “I fear man nor beast!” Jay...
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