Yiddish
Check out today’s Teatime Titbit: Wonderful Wednesday Words. Yiddish When listening or reading particularly American English you may often come across Yiddish words. ‘Yiddish is a Germanic language, originally spoken …
3 ways to say ‘ed’
Check out today’s Teatime Titbit: 3 ways to say ‘ed‘ At the meats counter in our local supermarket I often hear people pronouncing the ‘corned’ (beef) by separating the word …
Slang up your Friday 1
Fun on Friday. Slang up your Friday 1. When it comes to speaking, WE are lazy, we shorten whatever we can to speed things up & cut out the superfluous …
Randomsome week!
Check out today’s Teatime Titbit: Randomsome week! No sooner were the summer hols over and the kids back to school, the Autumn break holidays are upon us and parents are …
Good try No1.
“You‘re getting on my alarm clock“ Nice try! As visions of me trying to stand on an alarm clock go rushing through my head. Doesn’t really work in English. Here …