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Have you ever tried to explain to a non-native English speaker how pronunciations in English are, er, a little difficult to understand?
I’m just going to stop here and let you laugh as hard as I did when I first listened to this…
Here follows the most delightful and funny exposé of English language lunacy that I’ve heard in a long time.
If you like poultry and eating it in good restaurants, as I do, you’ll love this small excerpt of foodie jokes from my eBook “The Food Lover’s Joke Book.”
NASA: defrost the chicken first.
Stricken chicken
In a small roadside bistro in rural Italy, two British tourists had pulled in to have lunch. Not wanting to admit that they spoke no Italian, the wife thought they’d be safe enough when they ordered “Pollo alla Ferrari.” It turned out to be chicken that had been run over by a sports car.
Cold turkey
A couple went to have dinner at a restaurant known for its house speciality, a turkey dish. “How exactly do you prepare the turkey?” asked the woman as the head waiter brought them their menus. [Read more…]
Jargon and slang as metaphors are wonderful tools to use if you want to insult or express rage in a business context without swearing or ranting.
MBWA: Management By Wandering Around, suggesting that managers simply walk around rather than do their jobs properly…
Here is a selection for you to keep handy, excerpted from my jolly little book English Business Jargon and Slang… [Read more…]
If you’re old enough to remember Bob Hope, you’ll love this second collection of his quotes (my first has had more than 26,000 page views). And even if you’re younger you’ll have heard of this brilliant humorist’s wit and hilarity – not to mention his charity work and support of Allied Forces during WWII, and US Forces during other periods of conflict.
The late Bob Hope
With thanks to Brainy.com, A-Z Quotes, Great Quotes, Jokes4Us and other sites from which I made this selection.
The program is nearly over! I can feel the audience is still with me but if I run faster I can shake them off
The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat are really good friends. [Read more…]
Do you know your business jargon and slang? Of course you do!
Just pick the right answers (no cheating or Googling, although I’ll forgive you if you buy a copy of my new book in which all the right answers appear…) [Read more…]
Although the “how many to change a lightbulb” joke is very old, its use here in connection with Facebook is hilarious – all the more so because it’s so embarrassingly true.
…5 to post to the page that they will no longer post or are leaving because they cannot handle the $!%cking light bulb controversy.
Many thanks to our occasional columnist and good friend Lynn Tulip for curating this and posting it in my own Facebook group, The Joke Street Journal. Original author unknown but whoever you are, thanks! Enjoy…
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One of these days you may be asked to write a bid, whether you work in the commercial world, the public sector or even the third sector. Here we welcome bid writing expert Nicola Gordon-Thaxter CP APMP of NGT Associates Ltd, who shares her top tips with us now…
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Bid writing forms part of life for many businesses, public sector services and the third sector. Here bid writing expert Nicola Gordon-Thaxter shares her tipsHere follows the most delightful and funny exposé of English language lunacy that I’ve heard in a long time. Enjoy... howtowritebetter.net/english-lunatic-language-listen-learn-laugh/
Why English is a lunatic language – listen, learn and laugh… | How To Write Better
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This hilarious short audio talk shares what happens when we try to speak English phonetically. Did we say English is a lunatic language? Er, yes ... here's whyMay we always be grateful.
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Remembrance Day 2018 | How To Write Better
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Best-selling author Suzan St Maur remembers three of her relatives who served in the Great Wars of the 20th century.
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