Everyman's English, from language to culture

What's a snitch ?

By McGovern

That's the name (some would call it an insult) the famous Hollywood film star Sean PENN has been called recently. Remember he was to have an interview with "El Chapo", but the police who made the most of this information managed to track down the Mexican...

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A SIMPLE STORY

By McGovern

Watch how simple stories can become great moments. For this, ou will need these words : code-share (partage de code) ; to log miles (parcourir des kilomètres) ; to take off (décoller)/ to glide (planer) / to land (atterrir); orphan (orphelin) / orphanage...

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Happy New Year !

By McGovern

A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE !

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A HISTORIC PHOTO : THE TRUE STORY

M.L.King, photography

By McGovern

An article in the Baltimore Sun dated Feb. 6th, 1998 is dedicated to [Fr.: consacré à] Freed’s photo of King's visit to Baltimore on Oct. 31, 1964. Dan Rodricks reports : “Among the Baltimoreans reaching for Martin Luther King Jr.'s hand in Leonard Freed's...

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San Francisco mourns the dead

California, terror attack

By McGovern

San Francisco City Hall is lit up in blue-white-red in tribute to the victims of Nov. 14th's Paris terror attacks (15/11/14). >>>>> See other English-language cities' reactions using this URL-address : https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nC7e-rAQ...

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THE BIG ISSUE

David Cameron, homeless, Joey Barton

By McGovern

Inspired by New York homeless people’s Street News, The Big Issue was founded in 1991 (John Bird and Gordon Roddick) in reaction against UK's growing numbers of homeless people, and is now the world’s most widely circulated street newspaper. The Body...

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English : Non-Conclusive Verbs

By McGovern

A list of "Non-Conclusive Verbs" in English : These are the most common of the verbs that are not found in the continuous forms (present, or past or perfect): -Non-voluntary perception : feel, hear, see, s mell, sound, taste, -Mental Process : believe,...

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WHAT ARE "ELECTIVES" ?

Grades, Private school, Public school

By McGovern

Be careful ! The meaning of “public schools” in the US is different from the UK. Public School in America refers to schools run by a governmental authority. They can be state-run or funded by local school districts. Schools are usually financed by taxpayers,...

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Patrick Macnee ...

Bond James, Oasis, Rigg Diana, The Avengers

By McGovern

... has just died (June 26, 2015): he was 93 but he will remain as the typically English dandy. He was world famous as John Steed, Her Majesty’s intelligence agent in the serial “The Avengers” (French : “Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir”) Why English?...

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J. C. R. or "Lick"

By McGovern

His name was Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider (1915–1990), a famous American computer scientist, one of the most important figures in computing history. He was one of the first to foresee modern-style interactive computing and remains an Internet pioneer...

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