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Alan Palmer's Language Chat podcastsTalking about language and some musical interludes along the way |
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Weekend words Jan 6th (2)
January 06, 2008 12:36 PM PST
Punctuation has been defined in many ways. Some grammarians use the analogy of stitching: punctuation as the basting that holds the fabric of the language in shape. Another writer tells us that punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language:they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop. But the best of all, I think, is the simple advice given by the style book of a national newspaper:that punctuation is "a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.". Examples: "What would you do with the king?"
"A woman, without her man, is nothing."
"Why English is crap" Have you ever asked yourself... Why when the stars are out, that can be seen, but when the lights are out, they cannot be seen? Why when one gets fit one is healthy, but when one has a fit one is ill? Why a fast horse runs and fast colours don't Why one can ship by truck and send a truck by ship? Why a seeded loaf of bread has seeds in it, but seeded raisins have them taken out? Why one's house goes up in flames at the same time as it is burning down? Also, examples of the "double-negative" which is regarded as sub-standard English where there is no intention of having the two negatives cancel each other out. In other words it does nothing for language. However some people who pride themselves on speaking standard English are sometimes caught out by a no no. "He can't make friend with no one" "She doesn't never eat since she's been on that diet" " I never saw nobody" "They didn't know nothing" |
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I love learning languages and in discovering all the opportunities that the Internet gives us to develop our language skills. I will post mostly in English, but don't be surprised if some of my podcasts are in other languages... Please leave feedback if you have time - it's great to receive it I might see you on www.livemocha.com or MSN
About Alanalan_r_palmer@hotmail.com (for your valuable feedback!) ***************************************************** My name is Alan Palmer. I am a 52 year old Conformity Manager from Lancashire, England. My hobbies are learning languages and playing guitar I've been learning French for 17 years, German for 7 years and I'm also learning Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. Over the years I've realised certain things about learning languages that I think may be useful to others, so my podcasts will be language-based (or musical) and mostly in English, but I will post things in other languages too occasionally. I visit www.livemocha.com quite often which is a good website. I am Alanlancs1 there also. Maybe we can chat in livemocha - in any case you can certainly leave me a message there if you like. I hope you find my podcasts interesting and I hope to post at least one per week. Take care and happy listening! Be good, be happy November 2008 ******************************************* 你好! 我生活在英国西北部，我是一名52岁的公司经理。我已经结婚，并且有两个已经长大成人的儿子。 在我年轻的时候，就开始对学习外语产生兴趣。我从十一岁起开始学习德语，直到35岁时才开始学习法语。从那时起，我已经开始认真对待这个学习外语的爱好，希望能把外语讲得更流利。 2001年，我开始重新学习德语；而在2007年,我又开始学习汉语************另外网志：www.alanpalmer.podomatic.com 英文/中文） ************************************************** Bonjour, J'ai 52 ans et je suis responsable de conformité de l'Angleterre du nord-ouest. Je suis marié et nous avons deux fils adultes. Mon interêt sur les langues a commencé quand j'étais petit et j'ai commencé l'allemand à l'âge de 11 ans, mais je ne commence pas le français jusqu'à l'âge de 35 ans, Depuis ce temps la, je continue à suivre mon objectif de parler avec facilité comme passe-temps. J'ai récommencé d'apprendre l'allemand en 2001 et je viens de commencer le chinois et l'espagnol. ************************************************** Hallo! Ich bin 52 Jahre, Conformity manager aus Nordwest England. Ich bin verheiratet und habe 2 erwachsene Söhne. Mein Interesse Sprachen zu lernen begann bereits in meiner Jugend. Mit 11 Jahren fing ich an Deutsch zu lernen. Erst mit 35 Jahren habe in angefangen Französisch zu lernen. Seit dieser Zeit habe ich mir zum Ziel gesetzt diese Sprachen zu beherrschen und betreibe es als ernsthaftes Hobby. Im Jahr 2001 begann ich wieder Deutsch zu lernen. Auch habe ich jetzt angefangen Chineinish und Spanisch zu lernen. ************************************************* ¡Hola! Tengo 52 años de edad y soy Gerente de la Companía Conformity en el Noroeste de Inglaterra. Estoy casado, y tengo dos hijos, ya adultos. Mi interés en aprender otro idioma comenzó de joven , y comencé a estudiar Alemán a los 11 años de edad, pero no emprendí el estudio de Francés hasta la edad de 35. Desde ese entonces, he perseguido la meta de adquirir fluidez como un hobby, pero con mucha seriedad. Reinicié el aprendizaje de Alemán en el 2001, y recientemente he iniciado mis estudios de chino y espanol. ************************************************** Ola, tenho 52 anos de idade e sou Gerente da Companhia Conformity no noroeste da Inglaterra. Sou casado e tenho dois filhos já adultos. Ainda jovem me interessei em aprender outro idioma e comecei a estudar alemão aos 11 anos. Comecei a estudar francês apenas aos 35 anos. Desde então tenho perseguido o objetivo de adquirir fluidez como um hobby mas com muita seriedade. Ola, tenho 52 anos de idade e sou Gerente da Companhia Conformity no noroeste da Inglaterra. Sou casado e tenho dois filhos já adultos. Ainda jovem me interessei em aprender outro idioma e comecei a estudar alemão aos 11 anos. comecei a estudar francês apenas aos 35 anos.Desde então tenho perseguido o objetivo de adquirir fluidez como um hobby mas com muita seriedade.Reiniciei o estudo do alemão em 2001 e recentemente comecei a estudar chinês e espanhol. Fans of this Show
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