I hope some of the other F5ers submit some questions to the Friday Five soon… because this week’s question is once again mine: You’re granted an interview with the political leader of the country of your choice. Who would you choose to interview, and what five questions would you make sure to ask? Hmmm....
Read more →So downstairs there was some idiot hollering at the Gwallishil Ajeoshi. Gwallishil Ajeoshi: this guy’s someone I’ve mentioned before, an older man who is something of a cross between a watchman, an ineffectual gatekeeper, and an information source. I asked him for a phone number for a repairman when the heating system was all...
Read more →One of my students today used the work “isomeric”. (Which I find now, looking it up, means “of the opposite sex”.) She was trying to say, “self control”. I couldn’t understand what she meant until she finally decided on the synonym “self-control”. This, I explained, is what makes dictionaries so dangerous. Heh.
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