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LUCKY NOT TO BE AMERICAN 2

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LUCKY NOT TO BE AMERICAN

ONE OF MY FRIEND WAS TALKING ABOUT ONE OF HIS ENCOUNTER WITH AN EDIOT BUT LATER HE REALISED THAT HE (WITH HIS FRIENDS) HAD BEEN FOOLED.

It was a winter evening when few of my friends were gossipping at a “LOCAL ADDA”. They were discussion about Indian Cricket. How Sachin created history with his strokes, how did Kumble handling the Indian Test Team, how is Dada (Sourav Ganguly) improving his batting line, etc. All of a sudden a stranger throw a comment on them, “you are lucky to be here”. I forgot to mention that all of my friends were discussing in Assamese, our mother tongue.

English it’s usefulness 0

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English it’s usefulness

English education and English language have done immense goods to India, in spite of their glaring drawbacks. The notions of democracy and self government are the born of English education. Those who fought and died for mother India’s freedom were nursed in the cradle of English thought and culture. The west has made contribution to the East. The history of Europe has fired the hearts of our leaders. Our struggle for freedom has been inspired by the struggles for freedom in England, America and France.

Palindromes – A beautiful aspect of English language 0

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Palindromes – A beautiful aspect of English language

The word palindrome is derived from the Greek language and means PALIN = AGAIN and DRAMEIN = RUN and means words or sentences that read the same forwards and backwards.

Single word examples:
MALAYALAM
RACECAR
DEED
ROTOR
CIVIC
REDIVIDER
RADAR
MADAM

Full sentence examples include:
MADAM I’M ADAM (Ignoring the punctuations)
A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL = PANAMA!
ABLE WAS I, ERE, I SAW ELBA
RATS LIVE ON NO EVIL STARS
NEVER ODD OR EVEN
WAS IT ELIOT’S TOILET I SAW?
CAMPUS MOTTO – BOTTOM’S UP MAC
DO GEESE SEE GOD?

Any more examples? Please post them.

English is a funny language! 0

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English is a funny language!

English is the lingua franca of the world. How often we have stopped to wonder how difficult this language is! I was recollecting some of the sentences in English and it is truly amazing to see some of the sentences.

1. The bandage was wound tightly over the wound.
2. The farm was used to produce produce.
3. The buck does funny things when the does are present.
4. I had to subject the subject to a number of tests.
5. It was just a minute prick and it was over in a minute.
6. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
7. They were too close to the door to close it.
8. There was a row amongst the oarsmen about how to row.

And some more:
1. Heartburn does nothing to the heart at all!
2. A house can burn up as it burns down.
3. Our noses run and the feet smell!

English goof-ups by medical professor! 0

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English goof-ups by medical professor!

While in medical school we have had our share of fun at the teachers’ expense. However one of them comes to my mind very often. This professor was called as Dr. Basappa. Behind his back we used to call him Oxford Basappa! English is a funny language and this guy took it to a new level.

Some of his goof-ups include:
1. One of our friends was creating a racket in one of the backbenches. The professor told him to get up and follow him out of the class. He left the student there in the corridor and told him “don’t follow me!” In other words he did not know how to tell get out!!
2. On another occasion he told one of the students to open one of the windows so that the atmosphere can come in!!

Say with style… some tips to improve your vocabulary! 1

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Say with style… some tips to improve your vocabulary!

“An extensive knowledge of the exact meanings of English words accompanies outstanding success in this country more often than any other single characteristic we have been able to isolate and measure”……Unknown Author