Phoneme + Poetry = poetry about phonemesA curvaceous young phoneme called schwaSaid "I never feel strong. It's bizarre!I'm retiring and meekAnd I always sound weakBut in frequency counts - I'm the star!"from One Stop EnglishI saw this poem while looking for additional IPA resources for my students. I immediately fell in love with it and thought I would share it with my readers.P.S. The portmanteau is my creation.
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Food Network has a fun show called Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. The show visits restaurants that fall under the aforementioned category and shares some of the restaurants' recipes.A recent episode was titled "You Can Say That Again", and included visits to the following restaurants:Tap Tap Restaurant in Miami Beach, FloridaPok Pok in Portland, OregonNiko Niko's in Houston, TexasWhile the food looked very tasty at each of the restaurants, I had more fun with the reduplicative restaurant names.... Read Full Story
Food Network has a fun show called Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. The show visits restaurants that fall under the aforementioned category and shares some of the restaurants' recipes.A recent episode was titled "You Can Say That Again", and included visits to the following restaurants:Tap Tap Restaurant in Miami Beach, FloridaPok Pok in Portland, OregonNiko Niko's in Houston, TexasWhile the food looked very tasty at each of the restaurants, I had more fun with the reduplicative restaurant names.... Read Full Story
SUBJECT: If I hop in the shower, am I turning into a rabbit?I made an accidental but entertaining discovery today; clicking on the subject button when writing a Yahoo e-mail will generate a random and amusing phrase in the subject line of the e-mail. Many of these phrases succeed in being humorous thanks to the writer's creative use of morphology and semantics.Here are a few that I enjoyed:Cinco de MayonnaiseShake it, don't break it, took your mama 9 months to make it.Cannibals are what they ... Read Full Story
SUBJECT: If I hop in the shower, am I turning into a rabbit?I made an accidental but entertaining discovery today; clicking on the subject button when writing a Yahoo e-mail will generate a random and amusing phrase in the subject line of the e-mail. Many of these phrases succeed in being humorous thanks to the writer's creative use of morphology and semantics.Here are a few that I enjoyed:Cinco de MayonnaiseShake it, don't break it, took your mama 9 months to make it.Cannibals are what they ... Read Full Story
