Extracurricular Activity: Color Guard Posted by heather on Apr 11, 2012
One of the extracurricular* activities that I used to take part in when I was in high school was color guard (sometimes written as one word -> colorguard). Every day we would practice as a group, train our fitness levels and then several times a week we would also practice with the marching band. History…
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…
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…