Sich a t'ing. Sure, ma'am, the only kind of pump we have in Ireland is a bucket. The earliest non-Irish instance of lookit as a standalone imperative that I've been able to find is from Norman Duncan, "The Chase of the Tide," in the St. Paul [Minnesota] Globe (June 26, 19...
could write a very strict abecedarian poem, in which there are twenty-six words in alphabetical order, or you could write one in which each line begins with a word that follows the order of the alphabet. This is a prompt that lends itself well to a certain playfulness. Need some examples...
It’s counterintuitive, but this mutating 2-bit virus of a style is the closest thing metal has to a soul. RAUL, out of New York, is another one of the rare groups to grasp this paradox. They’ve performed the kind of weird alchemy necessary to separate the ding as sich of the ...
Talk to somebody from one of those previously mentioned “BadAss Gyms” and they look their noses down on the “pretty place” where you point your toes and rise high on the balls of your feet while tucking like it’s nothing. Meanwhile, those on the ball of their feet sneer when think...
"Queening" is just a common term applied to the promotion of a pawn which , generally , is the piece the pawn is most often promoted to but "Queen me." is not part of the rules . How do you define a promotion? A promotion is an advancement in rank or position. In chess a pro...
then bowed out last-minute saying he had a job interview because he was being paid terribly at Tucson Weekly. It was hard not to point out to him that he was doing a terrible job, just regurgitating tripe, but I managed it. I just hate hearing myself sneer, or I would have told...
Where is the critical evaluation of them? Why does nobody complain about the poor argumentation and the lack of attention to research findings which affect ELT? Alas, these books typify the general “practical” nature of SLTE, and their reluctance to engage in any kind of critical reflection...
the reason they explaine is when you write “he asked, he questioned, he explained… etc., people made a kind of stop, because is habituated to read “said” as a common word, and this turns “invisible” and people can read easy; use a different word can be a extra efford from th...
What is the primary emotion behind sardonic humor? Sardonic humor primarily conveys scorn or cynicism. 7 What facial expression is commonly associated with sardonic humor? A sneer or grimace is commonly associated with sardonic humor. 7 Which type of humor is better for light-hearted banter? Wry...
Snide remarks are the kinds of things people say with a sneer on their face. When you leave a movie theater and your friend says, “I can't believe someone was actually paid to write that screenplay,” he's being snide. Another possibility, which doesn't have...