CHIASMUS.REGRESSIO.EPANADIPLOSIS.EPANAPHORA....

OBSERVE THE CHANGE IN MEANING:

THE WEATHER IS BEAUTIFUL.WISH YOU WERE HERE

THE WEATHER IS HERE.WISH YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL

YOU FORGET WHAT YOU WANT TO REMEMBER

AND YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU WANT TO FORGET

THE ART OF PROGRESS IS TO PRESERVE ORDER AMID CHANGE

AND TO PRESERVE CHANGE AMID ORDER

THE VALUE OF MARRIAGE IS NOT THAT ADULTS PRODUCE CHILDREN BUT THAT CHILDREN PRODUCE ADULTS.

NEVER LET A FOOL KISS YOU OR A KISS FOOL YOU

J.F.K. "ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU

             ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY"

           "LET US NEVER NEGOTIATE OUT OF FEAR

            BUT LET US NEVER FEAR TO NEGOTIATE"

B.FRANKLIN:"IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU PLAN TO FAIL"

B.OBAMA:"MY JOB IS NOT TO REPRESENT WASHINGTON TO YOU

                    BUT TO REPRESENT YOU TO WASHINGTON"

HOW TO BUILD UP A WORD PYRAMID

                (See Rhopalic)

                                                          I  

                                                         HE

                                                       CAT

                                                      LOVE

                                                     SHEEP

                                                    TURKEY

                                                  POTTAGE

                                                 SQUIRREL

                                                SUBMARINE

                                              STRAWBERRY

                                            CAULIFLOWER

                                           HIPPOPOTAMUS

                                          MONOSYLLABLE

                                         ENTSPECIALIST

                                        PHOTOSYNTHESIS

                                       ACETILSALICILIC

                                      DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC

                                     UNCOPYRIGHTABLE

                                     DISESTABLISHMENT

                                    UNCEREMONIOUSNESS

                                    ELECTROCARDIOGRAM

                                  HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER

                                 STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID

                               ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM 

                       INTERDENOMINATIONALISTICALLY 

                 SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS 

PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS

 

 

MAKE UP YOUR OWN WORD PYRAMID IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES: ANIMALS,COUNTRIES, RIVERS,...(COUNT THE SYLLABLES)(AIM AT 5 WORDS)

                 

A SMATTERING OF SYNESTHESIA

SYNESTHESIA is an intermingling of the senses.It´s automatic,involuntary,memorable, a cross-wiring of the brain.

What colour is each letter of the alphabet/day of the week?

Moods and colours: Anger is red, Happiness is bright yellow,

                                   Loneliness is blue, Joy is purple,

                                   Fear is...  Excitement is.........

Touch generates emotions: Sandpaper...disgust

                                               Velvet..........envy

                                                Woodgrain....guilt

                                                 Sawdust.......

The planets in the solar system evoke:

Venus,Mercury, Saturn,The sun, Jupiter.....

WHAT´S BEHIND A NAME?

Many new words have evolved through the growth in technology:

EMOTICONS,WEBLIOGRAPHY,TECHNOBABBLE,UPLOAD,DOWNLOAD,etc...

Language is constantly evolving. What products do the following brands/trademarks/nouns represent?:

AVON

BAXTERS

BIRD´S EYE

BIRO

BOVRIL , BOYCOTT

CADBURY

CARDIGAN

CVC

THORNTON

HERSHEY

HEINZ

HOOVER

HORLICKS

HOVIS

HP

IKEA 

JEANS

KELLOGG´S

LEA & PERRINS

WORCESTERSHIRE/ H.P.

LEGO

MAXWELL HOUSE

MECCANO

NICOTINE

ROBERTSON´S

RUGBY

SANDWICH

SUV 

SHRAPNEL

VICKS VAPOUR RUB

WRIGLEY´S, WELLINGTON

YALE

 

 PRACTICE YOUR  CREATIVITY IN MAKING UP A NEW(ORIGINAL)BRAND NAME FOR AN IMAGINARY NEW PRODUCT. WHICH CAR SOUNDS FASTER "TARIN" OR "PARIN"?
famous crosslinguistic gaffes: chevy NOVA, means No GO
READ ZERIMAR backwards...

What did these famous people give the English language?

Christopher Columbus, Robert W. Bunsen, King Mausolus,

Louis A. de Bougainville,Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac,

Andre Mª Ampere, Count Alessandro Giuseppe Volta,

J. Watt,Michael Faraday, George Washington G. Ferris,

Samuel Augustus Maverick, Dr. George Horace Gallup,

Louis Doberman,Alphonse F. de Sade, Leopold Von S. Masoch

Alzheimer,Parkinson, Addison,Williams,Down´s..

Friedridch A. Mesmer, Rudolph Diesel, William Hoover

Etienne de Silhouette,J.I. Guillotin,Molotov,W.Lynch,

Jean Nicot,Jules Leotard,Giovanni J. Casanova, Sir George

Everest, Isaac Newton, Henry Shrapnel, Alexander Garden..

J.B. Stetson, Trilby O´ferrall,Samuel Plimsoll,etc....

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COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG : Just Rhymes for a reason

Slang is to show you are one of the gang.

Animals:

Cat      Brown hat

Dog     London log

Horse     apple sauce

Mouse     Maxwell House

Pig     Lord Wigg

Rat     Top hat

Snake     George Blake

Squirrel     Nice one, Cyrill

Clothing

Boots     daisy roots

Cap     touch and tap

Clothes     these and those

Coat     nanny goat

Collar     half a dollar

Glove     turtle dove

Hat     lean and fat

Jacket     steam packet

Scarf     centre half

Shirt     dickey dirt

Shoes     Rhythm and Blues

Socks     Almond rocks

Suit     Bag of fruit

Tie     Fourth of July

DISEASE

AIDS    Shovel and spades

Blind     Bacon rind

Cancer     Jack the dancer

Cold     Soldier bold

Cough     Horse and trough

Cripple     Mustard pickle

Deaf      pudding chef

Gout     in and out

Flu     inky blue

Pain     Petticoat lane

Sick     Moby dick

Bad breath     king death

Have a butcher´s at this! Don´t drink too many Britney spears!Only Winona Ryder!

I´m so frisky... could with some Calvin Klein....

AMBIGUITY

There are several types of ambiguity:
Lexical Ambiguity: "Stay away from the bank"
Structural ambiguity: "He saw that gasoline can explode"
Deep structure ambiguity:" The chickens are ready to eat"
Semantic           ": "David wants to marry a Norwegian"
Pragmatic          ": "When a bright moon ends a dark day, a brighter one will follow"

Explain what is wrong and suggest a better alternative to the following sentences:

WANTED A MAN TO WASH DISHES AND TWO WAITRESSES

NOTICE TO MILKMAN: BABY ARRIVED YESTERDAY.PLEASE LEAVE ANOTHER ONE

DINING TABLE FOR SALE BY LADY WITH QUEEN ANNE LEGS

WE GAVE HER DOG BISCUITS

HE LOVED RACING DOGS

TELL JOHN WHO IS SITTING BY THE TELLY

I SHOWED HER BABY PICTURES

MR EVANS TAUGHT THE CLASS SINGING

THERE IS A LOVELY HOUSE IN THE TOWN WHERE I LIVE

ONLY GYM SHOES ARE TO BE WORN

THERE IS AN APPLE TREE IN THE GARDEN WHICH NEEDS MUCH ATTENTION

WHEN I WAS YOUNG MY MOTHER TOLD ME STORIES LIKE ALI BABA.

I UNDERSTAND MONEY MATTERS

I KNOW CLEVER PEOPLE LIKE YOU

I ONCE SHOT AN ELEPHANT IN MY PYJAMAS

WHY ARE TREES OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR DOGS? THEY BOTH BARK.

DO YOU WANT TO TRY THIS DRESS IN THE WINDOW?

DON´T SIT ON THOSE GLASSES!

THERE WERE OLD MEN AND WOMEN

TIME FLIES

STOLEN PAINTING FOUND BY TREE

 

 

WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES IN OUR LEARNING PROCESSES

Try to find a mistake in each of the following sentences:

I live in a house big

Me like she

Where live you?

She has much friends

I am living here for two years

I want that you come along with me

I´m sorry but I don´t here you

Would you mind to say that again?

I´d like you to tell me what does this word mean.

They´re watching TV, isn´t it?

I´m not used to eat so much.

Susana lives in London.His flat is in Candem

He get up early on the morning

We  haven´t got very money.

That´s the girl who she stole my bag

Can you to drive a car?

I haven´t money enough

That depend of the people

don´t exist the ideal weather

I put on very clothes

Nobody know the nature well

My prefer weather.

He is enough rich.

I didn´t see  nobody.

BASIC VOCABULARY CATEGORIES

ANIMALS

PARTS OF THE BODY

HOUSE

CLOTHES

MEANS OF TRANSPORT

FRUIT

VEGETABLES

COLOURS

FOOD

DRINK

FAMILY 

FLOWERS

TREES

SPORTS

JOBS

A BAR/ A PUB

CHRISTMAS

EASTER

HALLOWEEN

ICT

OPPOSITES

NATIONALITIES

MONTHS

DAYS

ROUTINES

SUBJECTS

ILLNESSES

WEDDINGS

ACTION VERBS

WORDS STARTING WITH "S" ,"M",

MASCULINE/FEMININE NAMES

POP GROUPS

ACTORS & ACTRESSES

WRITERS

CITIES/ RIVERS/ MOUNTAINS

KINGS AND QUEENS

POLITICIANS

THE MOST DIFFICULT TO SPELL WORDS

The simplest words are the most often confused words in English:

 it´s- its ;There-their-they´re

Accommodation

Bankruptcy

Commitment

Deductible

Embarrassing

Fulfil

Harass

Obsequious

Perspicacious

Supersede

Vicissitudes

Withhold

Write the words you misspell more often:

Jhon,sucess,Masachusetts,...

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SOUNDING WORDS: euphonics

In English: 

Housewife, cauliflower, beautiful, washing-machine,sweetheart,sunflower,butterfly, mother, eternity, galaxy, glamour, diaphanous, elixir, talisman, summery, cute, twinkle,bliss,lollipop, Brussels sprouts,etc...

In Spanish:

 Amor, azahar, esperanza, madre, mamá, amistad,libélula, pan, azul, albahaca,

mandarina, algarabía, cristal, sí..

 

Make your own list of beautiful sounding words in both languages.

OXYMORONS

OXYMORONS are sayings composed of two words which have opposite meanings (contradiction in terms):

definite maybe

intense apathy

working holiday

a shy extrovert

peace force

rap music

sweet sorrow

virtual reality

pretty ugly

open secret

controlled chaos

friendly fire

serious joke

civil war

deafening silence

an original copy

living dead

an eternal instant

objective opinion

bitter sweet

the fearful brave man

the peaceful warrior

idiot savant

negative growth    (See euphemistic  or P.C. Language)

Try to think of at least two more oxymoron examples:

..................................... /..................................................

 

TAUTOLOGICAL PLEONASMS

AVOID NEEDLESS REPETITION OF WORDS. NEVER USE MORE WORDS THAN NECESSARY.

CORRECT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS:

I SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES
MINUTE DETAIL
FEW IN NUMBER
BLUE IN COLOUR
FATALLY SLAIN
BASIC ESSENTIALS
8 p.m. IN THE EVENING
UNIQUELY ORIGINAL
FUTURE PLANS
END RESULT
FINAL CONCLUSION
A FREE GIFT
A HUGE GIANT
SMALL IN SIZE
BRILLIANT GENIUS
CLOSE PROXIMITY
A NEW INNOVATION
SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES
EXACTLY THE SAME
A PERSONAL OPINION
LONELY ISOLATION
BLACK DARKNESS
VARIOUS DIFFERENT
POTS AND PANS
PEACE AND QUIET
FIRST AND FOREMOST
LAW AND ORDER
(see OXYMORONS)

MY ETERNAL " WHY " QUESTIONS....

WHY DO PEOPLE SAY IT´S AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION WHEN THEY MEAN IT´S AN IMPOSSIBLE ANSWER?
WHY IS THERE NO MEAT IN MINCEMEAT?
WHY IS THERE NEITHER APPLE NOR PINE IN PINEAPPLE?
WHY IS THERE NO EGG IN EGGPLANT?
WHY IS THERE NO HAM IN A HAMBURGER?
WHY IS A BOXING RING SQUARE NOT ROUND?
WHY DOES FLAMMABLE MEAN THE SAME AS INFLAMMABLE?
WHY DOES OVERTONES AND UNDERTONES MEAN THE SAME THING?
WHY IS "SEPARATE" WRITTEN TOGETHER BUT "ALL TOGETHER" WRITTEN SEPARATELY?
WHY WHEN THE STARS ARE OUT THEY CAN BE SEEN BUT WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE OUT THEY CANNOT BE SEEN?
WHY DO OUR FEET FALL ASLEEP?
WHY DO WE HAVE AN APPENDIX/SPLEEN/PROSTATE/TONSILS IF WE CAN LIVE WITHOUT THEM?
WHY DON´T PENGUINS´ FEET FREEZE?
WHY ARE PEOPLE´S EYES DIFFERENT COLOURS?
WHY IS A DRAGONFLY NEITHER A DRAGON NOR A FLY?
WHY?...
....

PLEASE INVENT YOUR OWN WHY QUESTION AND WE´LL TRY TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER.....

A FEW SPANISH WORDS IN MAINSTREAM ENGLISH

Try to find an Engish equivalent to the following Spanish words :

Piñata
Piña colada
Tobacco
Salsa
Tango
Rumba
Sombrero
Patio
Siesta
Fiesta
Rodeo
Pronto
Armada
Oregano
Tomato
Mosquito
Adobe
Amigo
Alfalfa
Macho/machismo
Guacamole
Enchilada
Tacos
Nachos
Paella
Gazpacho
Banana
Cafeteria
Negro
Caramba
Cocaine

anglicisms

Try to find a Spanish equivalent to the following English expressions used in everyday Spanish:

Piercing.....
after shave.....
after sun.....
ranking.....
bacon.....
marketing.....
cocktail.....
tupper......
pub.....
tickets.....
boxers.....
slips.....
disc jockey.....
fair play.....
feeling.....
grille......
jeep.....
gays.....
light.....
show.....
spot......
manager....
lobby.......
holding.......
bypass.....
casting......
payperview......
lifting......
mailing.....
top model.....
spam......
derby......
chopped.....
souvenir.....
hobby....
spray.....
sponsor.....
hacker.....
internet.....

INTERJECTIONS AND EXCLAMATIONS!!!!

THESE PARTS OF SPEECH STAND ALONE EXPRESSING IN THEMSELVES A COMPLETE INDEPENDENT THOUGHT:

to fill a pause: UH,ER,UM,AHEM...
strong emotions,surprise: OH,AH,MAN,HERE HE COMES!...
disgust:YUK; UGH;TUT-TUT,EXCUSE ME...
joy:HALLELLUJAH!,EUREKA!
excitement:YES;NO;OKAY;WOW;YEAH;OH DEAR...
enthusiasm:OH,COOL,HURRAY,YIPPIE
relief:PHEW;WHEW...
boredom:SORRY,HEY,YOO-HOO;BOO...
irritation:NONSENSE;RUBBISH;AWAY...
wonder and surprise: GEE;GOSH;WOW;BLIMEY;CRICKEY;GOODNESS..
quiet:SHH!;HUSH;
pain and agony:AAGH!,OUCH! WOE! ALAS!
to call attention:HEY;AHEM;HI;PSST!...
pleasure and pain:OOH!
mistakes:OOPS!,YIKES! SORRY!
conversation:AHA;AMEN..
contempt:BAH;POOH,..
good eating:MMM! YUMMY! YUM-YUM...
getting it right:BINGO;BRAVO;VIVA;GREAT...
saying goodbye:CIAO;CHEERIO;SO LONG,CHEERS...

txt msgs

AAM                    as a matter of fact         

AFAIC                 as far as I´m concerned

AFAIK                 as far as I know

AKA                     also known as

ATB                      all the best

ATOU                  Always thinking of you  

B4                        before

BFN                     bye for now

BRB                     be right back

CW2CU               can´t wait to see you

DSTM                  Don´t shoot the messenger

HAND                  have a nice day

ICCL                    I couldn´t care less

ILUVUMED         I love you more each day

KOTL                   Kiss on the lips

LOL                      Lots of luck / laughing out loud

MYOB                  Mind your own business

OTOH                   On the other hand

PAL                       Parents are listening

PCM                      Please call me

PITA                      Pain in the ass

SMS                       Short message system

SWALK                 Sealed with a loving kiss

TIA                         Thanks in advance

TIC                         Tongue in cheek

TOY                        Thinking of you

TUVM                    Thank you very much

WUWH                  Wish you were here

XOXO                      Hugs and kisses

new acronyms AND BACKRONYMS

Plenty of new acronyms are entering the language. We steer clear from the classical ones:BBC,ASAP,RSVP.. to get closer to the most modern ones:
NIMBY
DINKY
YUPPIE
PIIGS
Who are these famous people? SS,BB,CC,MM,GG,HH,

A backronym can be any word reinterpreted as an acronym, that is to say an expansion is invented to treat an existing word as an acronym:

USA PATRIOT ACT (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism)

ACRONYM (A contrived result of nomenclature yielding mechanism)

 Our task this time is to take any word which is not an acronym and make up a relevant meaning for it: Just create a backronym:
For example:
Near
Exciting
Romantic
Just
Amazing

Did
I
Eat
That?

Sense of Direction
Understanding
Courage
Charity
Esteem
Self-Confidence
Self-Acceptance

 Try to do the same with the following nouns: MALAGA,MADRID; GRANADA;SEVILLA;CORDOBA;ANDALUCIA,TEACHER,etc..
See text messages.

Words within words

WHAT IS THE ANIMAL IN    SEPARATE?

WHAT IS THE DRINK IN TEACHER?

WHAT IS THE NUMBER IN SENTENCE/iNTENSITY/EXTENSION?

WHAT IS THE BODY PART IN EARTH?

WHAT ARE THE OBJECTS IN CARPENTER?

WHAT IS THE PRESENT IN SPRING?

WHAT IS THE SUBJECT IN PARTNER?

WHAT IS THE VERB/NOUN IN THEATRE?

SEE ANAGRAMS.
MAKE UP A LIST OF AT LEAST 40 WORDS FROM EACH OF THE ABOVE.
For instance. THEATRE: The, a ,are,tree,three,tee,ear,hear,art,heat,heart,etc... 

COMMA SUTRA, the joy of punctuation

It´s sooo important to be able to punctuate corrrectly!!!

The house of grammar has many rooms and some are so mysterious as to be haunted...
.

COMMAS,WHICH CUT OUT THE FAT,

GO WITH WHICH,NEVER WITH THAT.

Tell the difference between the following sentences:

The panda eats shoots and leaves

The panda eats,shoots and leaves.

 

Dana claimed Frank planned the murder

Dana, claimed Frank,planned the murder.

 

WOMAN  WITHOUT HER MAN IS NOTHING

"WOMAN, WITHOUT HER MAN, IS NOTHING"(men´s view)

"WOMAN! WITHOUT HER, MAN IS NOTHING"(women´s view)

 

DEAR JOHN,

I want a man who knows what love is all about.You are generous,kind, thoughful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men.I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we are apart.I can be forever happy. Will you let me be yours?

Gloria

DEAR JOHN,

I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous,kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you.Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we´re apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be?

Yours,

Gloria

 

 

mondegreens /misheard lyrics

And lady Mondegreen   And laid him on the green
There´s a bad moon on the rise    There´s a bathroom on the right
The girl with caleidoscope eyes     The girl with colitis goes by
Nobody can deny        Nobody can be nice
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind  Dead ants are my friends,they´re blowing in the wind
Hopelessly devoted to you  Hope the city voted for you
Funny it´s not over  For me it´s not over
Are you going to Scarborough fair? Are you going to starve an old friend?
You´re changing your heart    Oh, changing is hard
Excuse me, while I kiss the sky  Excuse me while I kiss this guy

SAME SPELLING WAY DIFFERENT MEANINGS

 The following items exist both in Spanish and English but they have no connection whatsoever.Try to explain in English what the following words mean in each language:

A, ATE, COL,CON,COME, EN, GRAVE,LEO,LATE, LEER,LEAN,LIE,MEAN,MEDIA,METER,MIRE,MOLE,ONCE,PIE,QUID,QUINCE,RAPE,

ROTA,ROBE,SEA,SO,SIN,SOLE,RON,TON,SON,TENDER,TIRE,TAN,etc...

PALINDROMES

RED RUM SIR IS MURDER

LIVE NOT ON EVIL

PULL UP IF I PULL UP

A MAN A PLAN A CANAL PANAMA

DENNIS AND EDNA SINNED

WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW?

SUMS ARE NOT SET AS A TEST ON ERASMUS

NIAGARA,O ROAR AGAIN

NOT NEW YORK, ROY WENT ON

YAWN A MORE ROMAN WAY

SPOONERISMS

Research the brain area where speech takes place...Find out about Dr. Spooner.

A half-formed wish    A half-warmed fish
You have wasted a whole term    You have tasted a whole worm
The Lord is a loving shepherd  The Lord is a shoving leopard
A well oiled bicycle A well boiled icicle
He was eaten by missionaries  He was smitten by visionaries
You have hissed all my mystery lectures You have missed all my history lectures
Ease my tears  Tease my ears
Take a shower  Shake a tower
Lighting a fire  Fighting a liar
Earl and Peggy Pearl and Eggy

Alliteration

Our common usage is full of alliteration or front rhymes. Let´s give some instances of this:

Incredible India

Special Spain

Modern,mindful and motivated

Bewitched,bothered and bewildered

Fast forward

Muscles make men money

Pretty peaceful parks

Cut costs

Timeless tragedies

Travel tricks

Dull day

Motionless,monotonous Monday

Try making up a couple of meaningful alliterations

Mnemonics,Mnmotechnics:

3R´s :REGISTER;REMEMBER;RECALL/ READING,WRITING,aRithmetics/

          REPETITION,REINFORCEMENT,REWARD/ RECYCLE,REDUCE,REUSE

3L´s:LOOK,LISTEN, LEARN 

OAR: OBSERVE, ASSOCIATE, REMEMBER

3A´s:ACCEPTANCE,APPRECIATION,ADAPTATION

4B´s:BLOOD,BRAINS,BRASS,BRAD / BINS,BAGS & BOXES (recycling)

4 C´s:COMMUNICATION,CULTURE;CONTENT;COMPETENCE  CARE,CAUTION,COURTESY;CLEANLINESS;COOPERATION;CONSERVATION;COMMON SENSE.

5 E´s:ENERGY,EMPATHY,ENTHUSIASM,EXPERTISE,EXPERIENCE

4 F´s:FORGIVENESS, FOREVER FAITHFUL FRIENDSHIP,FADELESS LOVE, FACILITY FOR FORGETTING FLAWS

3H´s: HUMOUR, HUMILITY,HUMANISM

5L´s: LIVE,LOVE,LEARN & LEAVE A LEGACY

4M´s:MYTHS;METAPHORS,MEMORIES, MAXIMS

5P´s: PRINTER,POET,PUBLISHER,PUBLICAN,PLAYER

7S´s:SUN;SUNDAYS;SATURDAYS;SEA;SAND;SANGRÍA,SEX

4T´s:TRIVIAL,TEACHER-CENTRED,TEST-ORIENTED,TEXT-BOOK BASED

THE PRODIGAL SON STORY:

Feeling footloose and frisky, a feather-brained fellow forced his father to fork over his farthings.

Fast he flew to foreign fields and frittered his family´s fortune feasting fabulously with floozies and

faithless friends......

(See onomatopoeic terms)

Pick-up lines or dating lines(Valentine Project)

Chat-up lines are very popular among teenagers See if you can understand the following statements taken from the web:				Hershey's makes millions of kisses a day.. .all I'm asking for is one from you.
Life without you would be like a broken pencil... pointless.
I may not be a genie, but I can make your dreams come true.
Kiss me if I'm wrong, but dinosaurs still exist, right?
If nothing lasts forever, will you be my nothing?
I seem to have lost my phone number. Can I have yours?
Hello are you married? [Yes] Well I didn't hear you say "happily".
You are like a candy bar: half sweet and half nuts.
Hello how are you? [Fine] Hey, I didn't ask you how you looked!
How was heaven when you left it?
I don't have a library card, but do you mind if I check you out?
I didn't know that angels could fly so low!
There must be something wrong with my eyes, I can't take them off you.
You are so fine, I wish I could plant you and grow a whole field of you!
Is your last name Gillette? Because you are the best a man can get.
Is your name "swiffer"? 'Cause you just swept me off my feet.
Excuse me, but you dropped something back there" (What?) "This conversation, let ´s pick it up later tonight.
Are you going to kiss me or do I have to lie to my diary?
Are you cold? You look like you could use some hot chocolate... Well, here I am!
If stars would fall everytime I would think of you, the sky would soon be empty.
You know, Dr. Phil says I'm afraid of commitment...Want to help prove him wrong?
Your lips look so lonely.... Would they like to meet mine?
Baby, you're so sweet, you put Hershey's outta business.
Can I buy you a drink or do you just want the money?
Did the sun come out or did you just smile at me?

Homophone Phrases

Be very careful when producing oral messages as below:

An Asian. A nation
New sense. Nuisance
Paper view. Pay per view
That stuff. That´s tough
Grade A. Gray Day
Hill areas. Hilarious
Alien nation. Alienation
I scream. Icecream
Known oceans. No notions
Sadder day. Saturday
Two lips. Tulips
Paunch op. Pawn Shop

5- vowel words

There are hundreds of 5-vowel words.For instance:

Facetious, Abstemious, Pneumonia, Equation, Subcontinental,Aerious, Neurotica, Tambourine,

Miscellaneous, Education, Regulation, Auriferous,Precaution, Misbehaviour,etc..

Try to find 5 more in Spanish or English or both

Euphemistic or P.C. language

We have to learn to read between the lines:

Self-employed:Jobless
Employed: Part-time job
Considerate: Neurotic
Free spirit: Substance abuser, a junkie
Generous: Broke
Voluptuous: Very fat
Open-minded: Desperate
Tanned: Wrinkled
Outgoing:Embarrassing
Athletic: Flat-chested
Follicle regression: Balding
Adventurous: Slept with every one

UNWORDS

Just new words from old by adding or subtracting one letter.Ex:

Intaxication

Cashtration

Sarchasm

Glibido

Beelzebug

Vandalusia

Nerdja

Gardien

Hackienda

Lowcomotion

In Spanish: Villancinco,Cascarrubias,Crucifríjol,Chupatú,Abradecer,Alcoholega,Inservíboro,Burrachera,
Atolontolondramiento,Compadreja,Megalomaño,Penegrinación,Peluquiero, Guirleche, Pedoleo,Pacifeismo,
Omiedo,Oftalmóloco,Ofrender,Necimiento,Narizorra,Meretrid,Metemático,Latigrazo,Isrealita,Zaputero...
See El Diccionario de José Luis Coll

TOP 10 NEW YEAR´S RESOLUTIONS

I WILL...........

LOSE WEIGHT

SPEND LESS

SAVE MORE

ENJOY LIFE

KEEP FIT AND HEALTHY

LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY

HELP OTHERS

STOP DRINKING/SMOKING

BE MORE ASSERTIVE

FALL IN LOVE

THEREFORE

I WILL NOT..........

haikus

Try making up your own haikus as below:

Ferocious tiger
lies silently watching prey
food chain continues

Romeo and Juliet
early blooming of their love
a poisoned flower

Crimson leaves falling
bleeding slowly to the ground
Death of the year

Tapping my way home
waiting for God´s bright grace
my eyes without sight

Killing is routine
Trapped between light and shadow
Courage keeps living.

What is there up high?
Is it really the blue sky?
or something further?

The onion is frost
frost of your days
and of my nights

Give a possible title to the above haikus . Create one on the subjects of: Spring, rain, dreams, horizon, winds, summer,etc..

LIMERICKS

IN SPAIN WE GET PLENTY OF SUN

BUT SKIN CANCER JUST ISNT MUCH FUN

SO TRY TO REMEMBER 

FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER

THAT AFTER TEN MINUTES YOU´RE DONE

THERE WAS A BAR OWNER IN NERJA

WHOSE WIFE WAS A VERY BAD WORKER

BUT HE WAS THE KIND

THAT SAT THERE AND WHINED

SO SHE KICKED OUT THE LAZY OLD SHIRKER

SEÑOR JUAN FROM THE VILLAGE OF MARO

TOOK HIS DONKEY TO WORK IN A BARROW

THE WHOLE CAMPO LAUGHED

AS THEY KNEW IT WAS DAFT

FOR THE GATE TO HIS FIELD WAS TOO NARROW

A GIRL FROM TORROX,MARÍA
TRIED DRIVING THE NEW AUTOVÍA
SHE GOT CARRIED AWAY
AND HEARD HERSELF SAY
"OH,MY GOD ,I´VE REACHED ALMERÍA"

PARAPROSDOKIANS

Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the laatter part of a sentence is surprising or unexpected, frequently used for humorous effects(See creative proverbs, regressio,hipalage..)

Ex: WHERE THERE IS A WILL I WANT TO BE IN IT

"IF I AGREED WITH YOU, THEN WE´D BOTH BE WRONG"

 

"WAR DOES NOT DETERMINE WHO IS RIGHT-ONLY WHO IS LEFT"

"WE NEVER REALLY GROW UP,WE ONLY LEARN HOW TO ACT IN PUBLIC"

" TO STEAL IDEAS FROM ONE PERSON IS PLAGIARISM.TO STEAL FROM MANY IS RESEARCH"

THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS HURT YOU .BUT IT´S STILL ON MY LIST

LIGHT TRAVELS FASTER THAN SOUND.THIS IS WHY SOME PEOPLE APPEAR BRIGHT UNTIL YOU HEAR THEM SPEAK.

EVENING NEWS IS WHERE THEY BEGIN WITH "GOOD EVENING" AND THEN PROCEED TO TELL YOU WHY IT IS NOT.

 

(Find other examples of paraprosdokians on the web or try to invent one yoursef)

 

 

 

onomatomaniac onomatopoeia

 

GL light: GLINT; GLASS;GLOOM;GLIMMER;GLANCE;GLEAM;GLOW;GLUM;GLEAN,etc..
BL obstruction: BLOCK;BLACK;BLOW;BLOAT;BLIMP,etc..
GR anger:GROWL;GROAN;GRUMPY,ANGRY,etc.
S sounds:BASH,SLAM;SMASH;CRASH;SQUEAL;SQEAK;SQUELCH;SPLASH,SWISH,etc..
More sounds:BANG,KNOCK,CRUSH;DRUM,DRIP,HICCOUGH;CROAK;BUZZ,etc...
Identify the animal:MEOW,WOOF-WOOF,BAA,BRAY;TWEET,COCK-A-DOODLE-DO,MOO,..

DUPLICATES:

Ting-a ling

Tick-Tock

Ding-Dong

Bow-wow

Lovey-dovey

hurly-burly

hocus-pocus

silly-billy

namby-pamby

wishy-washy

nitty-gritty

boogy-woogy.

See Alliteration

life: our ten ills: The 10 ages of man

SPILLS
DRILLS
SKILLS
THRILLS
FRILLS
CHILLS
BILLS
ILLS
PILLS
WILLS

GIVING LIFE TO INANIMATE OBJECTS

TRY TO WRITE AN IMAGINATIVE COMPOSITION FROM THE STANDPOINT OF SOMETHING WHOSE VOICE CANNOT BE HEARD:
I AM A TREE AND I FEEL QUITE LONELY...
I AM THE FLY STUCK TO THE WINDOW PANE..
ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF I AM THE COW...
 

ANAGRAMS AMARGAN(S)

ANAGRAM MAKER JUST CREATE AN ANAGRAM FROM YOUR NAME AND SURNAMES

CHECK THAT YOUR INITIALS CORRESPOND TO SOME EXISTING ENTITY

GOOGLE YOUR CAR, MOTORBIKE LETTER PLATES AND FIND NEW MEANINGS

Classical examples:
Cities: PAIRS,SOLO;LOUSE;ANIMAL;HASTEN;MAIL....

VILLAGES IN THE AXARQUÍA:   ( Try to find all of them)

JAR EN

CAME TOP                                                                    

CZAR HE                                                                                                                                               

A BAR MANGOES                                                       

ALE SLED                                                                      

LASAGNA YO                                                              

ANI ART                                                                        

NEAR PÀ I                                                                      

GAL OAR BRO                                                           

SERCOMA                                                                      

OIDOR GRO

I A GIRL A FIN   

CALLINAS DEI LABADA

RESALSA

CONNIR LADE  AVICITOR

UN SALLIN DEA CACEITO

MOBERCARANA

A SNARE

JO MEON CLI

EL BAMURCO

BLOG ERE

RAMACHAL

EL BON BANGA

RUTAC

UNA CILCA

EL AÑUVI

MERCONAL

ZIJAC

EL VEZ

TRECHIPA

MARTOR LEDER

EL FRAN ATA

EL FRAN ATAJO

ROTROX

SOLT ROGEN DELLA

EL TAMAYA

EL LAVAZIN

TEZINA

LA QUIMEZTIL

SAGOL

QUENABE

YA VI A CHARAMA

AXARQUÍA                               COUNTRIES ( Continued)

JAR EN

CAME TOP                                                                     SLENDER THAN

CZAR HE                                                                        ANY ROW

A SNARE                                                                        A SNIP

A BAR MANGOES                                                        NEAR GIANT

ALE SLED                                                                      LIZARDS WENT 

LASAGNA YO                                                               UDISA IBRAAA

ANI ART                                                                         BUCA

NEAR PÀ I                                                                      Q8

GAL OAR BRO                                                           

SERCOMA                                                                      SPORTS

OIDOR GRO

I A GIRL A FIN                                                              IN NETS

                                                                                         KEY CHOICE

SPANISH CITIES                                                        MYSTIC SANG

                                                                                        TAKES ICING

BROCADO                                                                     I SIGNAL

LECHE

DELIRA                                                                           ANIMALS       

OVOIDE

VALIA                                                                             SO EMU         RAPTOR

MOLESTOS                                                                     MAIN GOLF   A MALL

CALIENTA                                                                      NO CALF        FIG FEAR

SERENO                                                                          ANY CAR        NIP HOLD

ARIOS                                                                              A PENCIL        GREAT DRIP

SENEGAL                                                                      LONE EGG DEAL  ORBELTS

WORLD CITIES                                 ANAGRAM HALL OF FAME

 PAIRS                                                              FUNERAL = REAL FUN

SOLO                                                              CATHOLICISM=COMICAL SHIT

LOUSE                                                            REVOLUTION= LOVE TO RUIN

ANIMAL                                                        A GENTLEMAN=ELEGANT MAN

HASTEN                                                        DORMITORY= DIRTY ROOM

MAIL                                                              SCHOOLMASTER= THE CLASSROOM 

TENAMOCARS   
OPEN CHANGE                                          DESPERATION= A ROPE ENDS IT.

                                                                         EVANGELIST= EVIL´S AGENT

COUNTRIES                                                 THE EYES = THEY SEE

ULTRA ASIA / LATASAURI                       LISTEN= SILENT

BIG MULE                                          FAMOUS PEOPLE

COLD ANTS                                                   LIVES

NEAR GYM                                                     OLD WEST ACTION

NICE LAD  
DID TRAIN 
NEAT GRAIN               I AM A WEAKISH SPELLER=WE ALL MAKE HIS PRAISE
                                                          NOON LEAP
MISCELLANEOUS
PAST EIGHT  (Popular in Italy)
RING LATE    (Three sides)
LITHE CATS   (Track& Field)
COOL CHEAT (Chocolate)
GROAN            (Musical instrument)
CRIED             (Alcoholic drink)
CHEAP             (A fruit)
A MOTTO         (A vegetable)