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Card Games: Gin Rummy Posted by Gabriele on Apr 10, 2012
Gin Rummy is one of the most popular forms of Rummy. Rummy is a very popular type of card game in the United States. Gin Rummy is generally played with just two players, each receiving ten cards, but it can be played with up to four players with one deck of cards. If this…
Card Games: Blackjack Posted by Gabriele on Apr 9, 2012
Blackjack is both an easy to play casual card game and a common card game played for sport (or money) in casinos. Blackjack can be played with a large number of players (especially when played in casinos), but there need only be two people (the dealer and the player) to start a game of Blackjack…
Playing Cards Posted by Gabriele on Apr 8, 2012
People around the world love to play cards, whether for fun or sport (i.e. gambling). This is no different in the United States. There are many, many, card games in the United States that are popular among Americans young and old. In fact many games that are popular with younger Americans are not popular with…
Rice Krispies Treats Posted by Gabriele on Apr 6, 2012
Here is another great American recipe for you. Making this recipe is very very easy, in fact there are really on three essential ingredients: marshmallows, butter, and Rice Krispies Cereal. If you can not find Rice Krispies Cereal where you live you can make a similar sweet snack using any type of cereal. If you are…
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…
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…