Greek and Roman architecture
Greek and Roman architecture, summaries in English for students of ESL all over the world by the World of English blog. Now if someone can carefully appraise the abundance of water in …
Aphorisms and quotes on Scotland
Aphorisms and quotes on Scotland, an article that follows Scottish quotes, sayings and proverbs and other posts on Scottish culture, language and traditions. The Scots language is a mark of the identity …
Scotland brave and creative
Scotland brave and creative, a romantic and beautiful land which has given the world a lot of inventions, discoveries, original concepts and institutions. I’m William Wallace, and the rest of you will …
Funny and crazy notices
Funny and crazy notices, humorous notices and boards around the world in the English Language. In a small town in North Carolina there is a junk yard that has a huge sign …
American English
We really have everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language. Oscar Wilde The King’s English is not the King’s. It’s a joint stock company, and Americans own most of …
Celtic Languages
Celtic Languages, subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages, a short description of their origin, of their classifications, diffusions and culture. A society that has no respect, no regard for its bards, …
Irish modern history
Irish modern history and the character of the people who live in Ireland, the Emerald Isle. At the start of the 19th century, Irish soldiers formed a considerable proportion of the British …
American slang Part 2
The counters merely say that the person is rejected – he does not belong to the group. In uttering the counter we don’t care what the person is; we are pledging our …
American slang Part 1
American slang is the body of words and expressions frequently used by or intelligible to a rather large portion of the general American public, but not accepted as good, formal usage by …
The language of Slang
The reaction to any word may be, in an individual, either a mob-reaction or an individual reaction. It is up to the individual to ask himself: Is my reaction individual, or am …
George Orwell Thoughts
The majority of pacifists either belong to obscure religious sects or are simply humanitarians who object to taking life and prefer not to follow their thoughts beyond that point. But there is …
Latin phrases in English
Latin phrases in English still used in everyday language plus a complete list of Latin abbreviations, for students, teachers and common citizens. Humanum genus est avidum nimis auricularum. (Lucrezio) Mankind is too …