Archive for April, 2012
Punctuation Makes the Difference! Posted by Gabriele on Apr 5, 2012
I recently saw the above joke floating around* Facebook and it of course got me thinking about punctuation. In a previous post I addressed the names of punctuation marks in English, but I did not discuss their usage. So, that is what we will be covering today! Punctuation marks constitute the system of symbols that…
Swear Words in British English Posted by heather on Apr 4, 2012
How is your English swearing coming along? If you have been following the English blog over the past few days then you know that we have been covering the topic in full force. Today we will take a look at some of the specific swear words used in British-English. While many of the same swear…
Alternative Swear Words in American English Posted by Gabriele on Apr 3, 2012
Over the last few posts I have been addressing the use of swear words in American English. While writing these post a phrase my mother used to say when I was younger kept popping into my head. When I was in elementary school, an age when one really starts being exposed to swear words as…
Swear Words in American English Posted by Gabriele on Apr 2, 2012
Yesterday I introduced you to some of the vocabulary, history, and the cultural context of swearing in the United States (culturally speaking how swearing and freedom of speech are sometimes linked for Americans). Today I will address some actual swear words that exist in English and how they can be used. First though, here are…
Swearing in English Posted by Gabriele on Apr 1, 2012
Swearing, we all know how to do it in our native languages and we all want to know how to do it in the new languages we learn. I can vividly remember when I first traveled abroad as an exchange student in my teens how excited I was to exchanged English swear words for…