Category Archives: Language Notes

“tabla rasa” for discussion of language anomalies

敵に塩を送る

Posted on 2021/05/07 by admin

Send Salt to your enemy: lesson from feudal Japan Continue reading →

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Jeannine Frances Booth Whitworth

Posted on 2020/07/13 by admin

Dear Friends and Family, On the morning of Thursday, July 17, 2020 at 07:45 AM our Mother Jeannine Frances Booth Whitworth, gently breathed her last and was welcomed into the arms of her risen Friend and Lord Jesus Christ. Born … Continue reading →

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Lou Salutes Veterans

Posted on 2019/11/09 by admin

TAKE A LONG, HARD LOOK AT THIS PLANE. Being ‘escorted’ back to Allied side by a German, who was showing respect to American aviators inside. German saluting to American pilots. Here, leaving the mainland, about to cross the English Channel. … Continue reading →

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Your own “i-Kaizen”

Posted on 2017/12/29 by admin

A real possibility for change is to take small steps. … Personal example of Kaizen: Practical tips for shedding weight: Continue reading →

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Chancellor to Censor Racist Algebra?

Posted on 2017/07/22 by admin

A July 19, 2017 NPR  interview attributes this logic to  (California community college) Chancellor  Eloy Ortiz Oakley: Algebra .. is also the single most failed course in community colleges across the country. So if you’re not a STEM major (science, technology, … Continue reading →

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Love is a Fallacy

Posted on 2016/12/31 by admin

“Dating Tips” and Male-Female Communication in a humorous intermediate English Reading Comprehension Exercise “Setting” contains teen slang and style references of  the 1930’s – ’40s era in USA The reader may ‘Mouseover’ or click hints for idioms, euphenisms, definitions Love … Continue reading →

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Learning Japanese – Common Blunders

Posted on 2016/02/07 by admin

Japanese Proper Confused with similar Example / Note kawaii cute kowaii horrible “Your baby is so “kawaii”” ningen People ninjin carrot “Look at all the people [carrots?!] riding bicycles home from work.” written:  ai 合い written:  meet ai愛 love Texting … Continue reading →

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Dr. Ekroth Explores Human Signal Loss

Posted on 2015/10/02 by admin

Dr. Loren Ekroth Explores Human Signal Loss Excerpt from Dr. Conversation’s News Letter of 2014-08-27 click for full article. “Too much time with your smartphone may lead to poor conversational skills.”   (So wrote Shalini Misra,  psychology professor at Virginia Tech …)  … … Continue reading →

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