Language
Word of the Day, Time to Unsubscribe?
Lately, getting the word of the day on dictionary.com has become a vexing reminder of all the words I don’t know. However, I refuse to delete the emails because I actually want to know what the words mean, just not enough to click on them. Is this around the time one must say, maybe I [...]
Nonsensical Words – Eww! vs Euk!
Me (to my mom): “There’s mold all over these strawberries. Want some?” My mom: “Euk!” (when she means to say “Eww!”) Prime example of how us non-native speakers will botch these nonsensical words. In my mom’s defense, the differences between these guttural bits of dialogue are all too subtle. I mean, we’re expected to know [...]