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Spanish Valentine’s Day Love Song

Jenny Just for Laughs, Spanish February 14, 2013

In honor of Valentine’s day, here’s a fun video that is literally SPOT ON. I remember, after six months of taking Spanish, only being able to say such random things as “vivo en la casa roja.” I love how he tries to make “dónde está ...Read More

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German coastguard

Jenny Just for Laughs, Words February 13, 2013

In my Teaching English as a Foreign Language class today we learned about the importance of teaching correct pronunciation, so casualties like this don’t occur: ...Read More

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Let’s Eat Grandpa

Jenny Words February 8, 2013

I’m easing back into posting. I don’t know why I took such a long hiatus, but I would like to make my re-entry into the blogging universe with this cheeky image: I’m planning on teaching English abroad in Spain (Hopefully! Hold out on your ...Read More

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Some Fun with Semantics

Jenny Words November 19, 2012

Here’s another fun post that has been circulating the web. I’m not sure of the original source since it’s all over the place, but enjoy reading it here until I am forced to take this blog down for improper citing! “No English dictionary has ...Read More

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The Great Typo Hunt

Jenny Words September 16, 2012

I just finished reading the book “The Great Typo Hunt,” in which two guys take a three-month road trip all over the U.S. in order to correct any typo they saw, both on public and private property. The book shouldn’t win a Pulitzer Prize ...Read More

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The Ultimate Linguistic Challenge

Jenny Words September 11, 2012

This past June while visiting my friend Kaila in Germany, we played a fun linguistic challenge–an experiment of sorts–while cooking dinner. Kaila is half German and half Norwegian; Miles, her roommate, is half German and half Greek; and I am full American but a ...Read More

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Lexically Inept

Jenny Words August 29, 2012

I would really like to be a writer, maybe for magazines or newspapers or press releases or even books, but I often get discouraged by my relatively small vocabulary. Maybe it’s because I re-read Harry Potter too many times instead of moving on to ...Read More

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