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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Idiomatic expressions #96080 02/20/2003 11:10 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 161 Aberdeen, Scotland vika member vika member Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 161 Aberdeen, Scotland What's the Russian one about chickens? Count your chickens when the autumn comes (e.g. some of them will die even after they've hatched) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Idiomatic expressions #96081 02/20/2003 11:28 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Thanks Jackie. Here's a link to a larger version of the pic on the Duke Univ. page: http://www.worldwar1.com/posters/fww0661.jpg Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A controversial Phrase #96082 02/20/2003 2:44 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Well "Sue da devil" ,ur interpretation is really creative Reminds me of the old saying : "This whiskey goes down the throat like the devil in suede boots." chuckle chuckle. I am sticking with Suede Devil! :-) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Paté and a nice Chianti #96083 02/21/2003 12:58 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=96881 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Paté and a nice Chianti #96084 02/21/2003 2:22 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Consuelo, I was just thinking that! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A controversial Pedagogue #96085 02/23/2003 3:48 AM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 plutarch veteran plutarch veteran Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 my Australian teacher said it's "Chinese English" The only thing "controversial" about your exchange with your Australian teacher, suededevil, is his/her characterizaion of your grammatical mistake as "Chinese English". This is a slur on your national origin and your teacher owes you an apology. People learning english for the first time all make mistakes and their mistakes all fall into patterns common to each different native tongue. Your teacher dismissed your mistake as "Chinese English", leaving you deflated but uninformed about your mistake, so you came here for the explanation which your teacher should have provided in the beginning. Your teacher could have explained your error to you. He/she might even have explained that people who speak your native tongue experience certain predictable difficulties when learning English. This knowledge could help you overcome those difficulties because you would see the pitfalls ahead. Dismissing your mistake as "Chinese English" is a put-down, suededevil, not language instruction. I hope you confront your teacher and obtain an apology. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A controversial Pedagogue #96086 02/23/2003 3:53 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 And remember, your teacher speaks "ozzie" English. (Which is almost as bad as US English) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A controversial Pedagogue #96087 02/23/2003 11:49 PM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 20 suededevil stranger suededevil stranger Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 20 well thanks a lot anyway just forget it,ozzie is always like that my ozzie teacher is particularly kind of "stiffnecked" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A controversial Pedagogue #96088 02/24/2003 2:13 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky my ozzie teacher is particularly kind of "stiffnecked" Oh, lucky you. (And that is U.S. sarchasm.) 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