The English Log

Hm, a bit overdue, but better late than never. Poor Dad might come across as someone who is left here from a different world, resisting any change, unwilling to learn, and, consequently, will have to fail. This is true to the extent that yes, he tends to be happy with the present state, whatever…

My father has just turned 63. He's a great guy, an engineer by profession, but really a jack-of-all-trades, domestic lawyer and until very recently he's been known as one to turn to if you wanted your literature essay done. (You see, with kids in the extended family growing up, this function has…

...in approximate order, so these are interchangeable. 5. After the conversation has reached cca. 5 exchanges (replies and re-replies), your partner might have wandered on to a different topic you mentioned en passant, or just brings up something unrelated in a "by the way"-fashion.…

The "Word of the day" box has been up on this blog for a while, which is my personal tool in the spirit of lifelong learning...lucubration grabbed my attention --hm, wonder why... :)http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2009/09/15.html

I know index.hu gets more readers than this humble blog of mine, still there might be a few people out there who are reading this but would never get there.I've just come across this lovely piece of news about ATM machines that can 'speak' Cockney rhyming slang. Read the whole story here, in…

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see more Engrish----------- As you can see, my preoccupation with with sloppy/lousy English is increasing... I have added this site to the sidebar, (where you also have the blog dedicated to mistranslations), so you can find tons of "Chinglish" easily.PS: Don't complain about…