Ear Grinders: CEO's
Should it not be C's EO?
Poet Laureates - Please!
"Poets Laureate" is the way to say this wonderful name.
Together we can "think before we speak"!
In the first instance, a Chief of the Executive Office is called a CEO=Chief Executive Officer
More than one CEO - calls for the phrase C's EO - meaning Chiefs of the Executive Office, as a group, or a designation in the corporate world.
In the second, a Poet Laureate leads a country in literary expression. More than one Poet Laureate, as in a group or designation of category can be described as "Poets Laureate".
There, now I've said it! I feel much better.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Seamless Cinema - "The Artist" - An Entertainment Bonbon!
Brussels wins again! Not only did it produce the incredible Family, Sillem, with the beautiful Aisjah, her amazing brothers, and discerning designer Audrey, but now, there is the film from Belgium and Studio 37 - "The Artist".
Just having been privileged to share a preview screening with a good friend, I now know what Belgian chocolates should be nervous. Move over, des chocolats, because Film is out for your fame! "The Artist" Trailer on YouTube.
The Artist is one of the most thoughtfully made films of it's kind that I have seen for a long time.
The original score, the unique interpretation of the music, the caricatures of the characters of this genre, and the interplay with frissons of films-gone-by, such as "Singing In The Rain", and earlier movies on themes of fallen stars of cinema. The synchronization of sights and sounds in this picture results in "Seamless Cinema" for the unsuspecting viewer.
"The Artist", a creation of Michel Hazanavicius (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371890/), is a modern classic, in my view. And after connecting with AMI's Audiovision (John Harris) as well as last year's described live theatre at the Playhouse Theatre in Vancouver, I am convinced that "The Artist" is an ideal film for those learning the English language, as well as for Audiovision's inventory.
It opens tomorrow at the Scotiabank Theatre, and, I'm told by the Alliance rep after the preview, at the Fifth Avenue Cinema.
This type of bonbon carries with it no calories, and brings a delectable movie-going experience to the silver screen. Enjoy!
Click on this Link to See Awards won By "The Artist"! - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655442/awards
This one indeed, should win "Pennies From Heaven", or rather Patrons.
Just having been privileged to share a preview screening with a good friend, I now know what Belgian chocolates should be nervous. Move over, des chocolats, because Film is out for your fame! "The Artist" Trailer on YouTube.
The Artist is one of the most thoughtfully made films of it's kind that I have seen for a long time.
"The Artist", a creation of Michel Hazanavicius (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371890/), is a modern classic, in my view. And after connecting with AMI's Audiovision (John Harris) as well as last year's described live theatre at the Playhouse Theatre in Vancouver, I am convinced that "The Artist" is an ideal film for those learning the English language, as well as for Audiovision's inventory.
It opens tomorrow at the Scotiabank Theatre, and, I'm told by the Alliance rep after the preview, at the Fifth Avenue Cinema.
This type of bonbon carries with it no calories, and brings a delectable movie-going experience to the silver screen. Enjoy!
Click on this Link to See Awards won By "The Artist"! - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655442/awards
This one indeed, should win "Pennies From Heaven", or rather Patrons.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Alphabet Pronounciation: Featuring The Sound of The Letter "W"!! Ta-Da!!
The Alphabet Letter "W" has the sound of the Letter "L" in it.
In the French language, the origin of the Double V concept is heard in "double-v".
A "W" started its life as a Double V - or - 2 "V's" together beside one another.
The word "double" has the Letter "L" making the same sound in it as when "L" is used to say "Love".
So, please, when you say the word "W" (sounding like double-you), remember to pronounce the "L".
You'll be a better English-Speaker for it!
In the French language, the origin of the Double V concept is heard in "double-v".
A "W" started its life as a Double V - or - 2 "V's" together beside one another.
The word "double" has the Letter "L" making the same sound in it as when "L" is used to say "Love".
So, please, when you say the word "W" (sounding like double-you), remember to pronounce the "L".
You'll be a better English-Speaker for it!
Sunday, October 30, 2011
"Them's Cookin' Words!" - An Improv Recipe -
With the last few grains of freshly baked burghol wheat being rounded up by a grateful breakfast-er, the immediate memory of my resourceful (I thought so!) petit-dejeuner plan is with me as I type.
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of 2% milk, heated, but not burned!
- 2 "brown" grade A eggs, beaten but not whipped!
- 3/4's of a cup of freshly soaked burghol wheat
- 1 teaspoon of sea salt
Method:
- Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees
- Lightly grease stainless steel baking bowl with vegetable fat
- Soak wheat in filtered water & drain
- Beat the eggs & put aside
- Stay by the cup of milk as it's heated but not boiled.
- Spoon the drained, soaked bulghor wheat into baking bowl
- Lift the hot milk saucepan high above the beaten eggs with one hand and whisk into the eggs with the other.
- Add the salt.
- Pour mixture over the waiting wheat in baking bowl
- Place the bowl into the pre-heated oven for 25 minutes or so, depending on your oven.
Serve with Summerland Sweets Saskatoon Berry Sauce, and you have one of the best breakfasts ever!
The idea for this recipe came to me at Sunrise in the last Sunday of October, 2011.
Enjoy!
Friday, October 14, 2011
Only Four More Sleeps......Let The Listening Begin!
The Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival, 2011!
October 18th - 23rd, 2011. Granville Island Public Market, Vancouver, B.C.
http://www.writersfest.bc.ca/
Prepare yourself for an expansion of consciousness, a listening & learning opportunity, and some satisfying shared Literary Experiences.
Tip: Pick up a brochure, check out the VIWRF Program (there are printed pamphlets in all the best places 'round town), sit down with your personal organizer, and book your self a bookish time.
Literacy: The best tool in the box!
October 18th - 23rd, 2011. Granville Island Public Market, Vancouver, B.C.
http://www.writersfest.bc.ca/
Prepare yourself for an expansion of consciousness, a listening & learning opportunity, and some satisfying shared Literary Experiences.
Tip: Pick up a brochure, check out the VIWRF Program (there are printed pamphlets in all the best places 'round town), sit down with your personal organizer, and book your self a bookish time.
Literacy: The best tool in the box!
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Enormous Book Collection To Get A Sorting-Out - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News
And, if after the big "sort-out" there are books to be given away, why not consider giving them to the Renewing Library at Slave Lake?
Saturday, March 19, 2011
COMMONLY MIS-PRONOUNCED WORDS: NUCLEAR, JEWELRY, REALTOR, & INTERAC
COMMONLY MIS-PRONOUNCED WORDS:
NUCLEAR
JEWELRY
REALTOR
INTERAC
COMMON GRAMMATICAL ERROR
The relationship between the words "fewer" and "less"
Today's Post Proceeds:
First, let's start with the commonly mis-pronounced words:
NUCLEAR
Nuclear invites people to mis- pronounce it through the temptation of adding an extra syllable when they say the word.
Think of the word "New" and then, think of the word "Clear".
Pronounce the word "New". Repeat it over, at least for 3 times. "New, new, new!"
Now, pronounce the word "Clear". Repeat it over, at least 3 times. "Clear, clear, clear!"
Now, slow down. Take a deep diaphragmatic breath, and say "New-Clear". Congratulations!
You have just pronounced Nuclear the proper way.
PLEASE, REFRAIN FROM SAYING "NUCULAR" WHENEVER PRONOUNCING THE WORD NUCLEAR.
For further assistance, contact the writer for an appointment, with "Every Single Letter"'s Accent Reduction Tuition.
Next, let's continue with the word "Jewelry".
JEWELRY
Jewelry is commonly mis-pronounced, and invites people to have the letter " W" switched about with the letter "L".
When people make this mistake, they end up saying "Jelerwry", which is very wrong.
Many people like gemstones.
Think of Gems, like rubies, emeralds & diamonds. Jewels.
Now, think of the word "Jewel".
In farming, Animal Husbandry is the business of what occurs in raising breeds of animal, accent on the breeding.
A bull would be a temporary "Husband" to a prime heifer, and a skilled farmer can practice Animal Husbandry.
Adding the letters "RY" on to the end of the word Husband gives you the word "Husbandry".
Now, go back to the word "JEWEL". Use the letters "RY' and add them on to the word "Jewel". When you do that, it gives you the word "JEWELRY"!
There are 3 syllables in the word Jewelry. When you separate each syllable from one another, you get these sounds;
"Jew - Ell - Ree". (Jew-el-ry).
Now, to help yourself along, practice, as in the previous exercise, the correct pronunciation of the word "JEWELRY".
Say Jew. Say Ell, and Say the Sound Ree. Repeat it in sequence 3 - 5 times, making certain that you are not bring the "L" sound after the first "E". In order to say the word Jewelry properly, in Vancouver, B.C., please pronounce it with the "L" sound after the 2nd "E", and be sure not to say what sounds like "Ju-lery!"
THIRDLY, The Word Realtor:
A Realtor in British Columbia is a person who has studied law of contract at University and,
upon successful examination results can apply for a license to draught and negotiate legally binding
contracts of Purchase and Sale of what is called "Real Property".
The word Realtor is meant to denote a designation of a licensed professional who represents consumers in the buying and selling of "Real Property".
When people say the word "Realtor", it should be pronounced "Real-Tor".
When something is real, we imagine that it is not fake, or false. Real property is tangible land,
buildings, leasehold property, and the registered titles and leases thereto.
When people mis-pronounce the word Realtor, they usually do it by adding in a syllable where none exists, and say "Reel-A-Ter". This pronunciation is a wrong pronunciation.
The correct way to pronounce the word Realtor is "Real-Tor". Realtor is a 2 syllable word. PLEASE DO NOT ADD AN EXTRA SYLLABLE TO THE WORD. Practice makes Perfect, as the saying goes!
Finally, in Mis-Pronounced Words - The Word "Interac"!
I-N-T-E-R-A-C
This word's meaning is derived from Inter (meaning between) as in "inter-relations" and the word "Access" meaning to make available. It is commonly used in West Coast English to describe a technology allowing our banks in our chartered banking system to "interact" with one another, through encoded client banking & chip cards.
These cards provide consumers with access to a different bank from the ATM or "Automated Teller Machine" Bank Machine than their own bank. Hence - the term, "Interac", which is really just a contraction of the words Inter & Access.
Your money is made more accessible through this technology.
THE BIG PROBLEM WITH THE PRONUNCIATION OF THIS WORD, IS THAT PEOPLE TEND TO ADD A "T" ON TO THE
END OF THE WORD "INTERAC", WHERE THERE OUGHT NOT TO BE A "T"!!
People say "Interact"!! No! No! Do not fall into this trap. The correct way, in this 3 syllable word, is to say
"Inter-AK". Please refrain from adding in a "T" where there is none.
There is only 1 "T" in the word Interac and it comes in the middle of the word, NOT at the end!
NUCLEAR
JEWELRY
REALTOR
INTERAC
COMMON GRAMMATICAL ERROR
The relationship between the words "fewer" and "less"
Today's Post Proceeds:
First, let's start with the commonly mis-pronounced words:
NUCLEAR
Nuclear invites people to mis- pronounce it through the temptation of adding an extra syllable when they say the word.
Think of the word "New" and then, think of the word "Clear".
Pronounce the word "New". Repeat it over, at least for 3 times. "New, new, new!"
Now, pronounce the word "Clear". Repeat it over, at least 3 times. "Clear, clear, clear!"
Now, slow down. Take a deep diaphragmatic breath, and say "New-Clear". Congratulations!
You have just pronounced Nuclear the proper way.
PLEASE, REFRAIN FROM SAYING "NUCULAR" WHENEVER PRONOUNCING THE WORD NUCLEAR.
For further assistance, contact the writer for an appointment, with "Every Single Letter"'s Accent Reduction Tuition.
Next, let's continue with the word "Jewelry".
JEWELRY
Jewelry is commonly mis-pronounced, and invites people to have the letter " W" switched about with the letter "L".
When people make this mistake, they end up saying "Jelerwry", which is very wrong.
Many people like gemstones.
Think of Gems, like rubies, emeralds & diamonds. Jewels.
Now, think of the word "Jewel".
In farming, Animal Husbandry is the business of what occurs in raising breeds of animal, accent on the breeding.
A bull would be a temporary "Husband" to a prime heifer, and a skilled farmer can practice Animal Husbandry.
Adding the letters "RY" on to the end of the word Husband gives you the word "Husbandry".
Now, go back to the word "JEWEL". Use the letters "RY' and add them on to the word "Jewel". When you do that, it gives you the word "JEWELRY"!
There are 3 syllables in the word Jewelry. When you separate each syllable from one another, you get these sounds;
"Jew - Ell - Ree". (Jew-el-ry).
Now, to help yourself along, practice, as in the previous exercise, the correct pronunciation of the word "JEWELRY".
Say Jew. Say Ell, and Say the Sound Ree. Repeat it in sequence 3 - 5 times, making certain that you are not bring the "L" sound after the first "E". In order to say the word Jewelry properly, in Vancouver, B.C., please pronounce it with the "L" sound after the 2nd "E", and be sure not to say what sounds like "Ju-lery!"
THIRDLY, The Word Realtor:
A Realtor in British Columbia is a person who has studied law of contract at University and,
upon successful examination results can apply for a license to draught and negotiate legally binding
contracts of Purchase and Sale of what is called "Real Property".
The word Realtor is meant to denote a designation of a licensed professional who represents consumers in the buying and selling of "Real Property".
When people say the word "Realtor", it should be pronounced "Real-Tor".
When something is real, we imagine that it is not fake, or false. Real property is tangible land,
buildings, leasehold property, and the registered titles and leases thereto.
When people mis-pronounce the word Realtor, they usually do it by adding in a syllable where none exists, and say "Reel-A-Ter". This pronunciation is a wrong pronunciation.
The correct way to pronounce the word Realtor is "Real-Tor". Realtor is a 2 syllable word. PLEASE DO NOT ADD AN EXTRA SYLLABLE TO THE WORD. Practice makes Perfect, as the saying goes!
Finally, in Mis-Pronounced Words - The Word "Interac"!
I-N-T-E-R-A-C
This word's meaning is derived from Inter (meaning between) as in "inter-relations" and the word "Access" meaning to make available. It is commonly used in West Coast English to describe a technology allowing our banks in our chartered banking system to "interact" with one another, through encoded client banking & chip cards.
These cards provide consumers with access to a different bank from the ATM or "Automated Teller Machine" Bank Machine than their own bank. Hence - the term, "Interac", which is really just a contraction of the words Inter & Access.
Your money is made more accessible through this technology.
THE BIG PROBLEM WITH THE PRONUNCIATION OF THIS WORD, IS THAT PEOPLE TEND TO ADD A "T" ON TO THE
END OF THE WORD "INTERAC", WHERE THERE OUGHT NOT TO BE A "T"!!
People say "Interact"!! No! No! Do not fall into this trap. The correct way, in this 3 syllable word, is to say
"Inter-AK". Please refrain from adding in a "T" where there is none.
There is only 1 "T" in the word Interac and it comes in the middle of the word, NOT at the end!
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