Archive for August 2015
ESL: When English is Not Your First Language
My mom and I were having a conversation about someone and I told my mom that my sister didn’t like him. She nodded sagely and said, “Oh, yes. She said he’s a Hole of the Butt!” What? I made her repeat that, and on the second repeat, it suddenly clicked that she was trying to…
Read MoreChesapeake Bay and Crabs
When Jim asked where I wanted to go this summer for a short trip, I immediately said, Chesapeake Bay. Why? Because I wanted to eat some Chesapeake Bay crabs. I had read Nora Roberts’ Chesapeake Bay Saga years ago and remembered how interested I was in seeing that part of the US and eating some Maryland crabs.…
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