Foreign languages and I are long-time frenemies. By “foreign languages” I mean languages other than my native of English; by “frenemies” I mean friendly enemies. I claim to speak both French and German, but this is mostly French I am talking about. French and I get on from time to time, sometimes so smoothly as [...]
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French, my frenemy.
posted by erin on April 29, 2009
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2009/french-my-frenemy
I just have to admit…
“Hi, my name is Erin and I abuse commas.” “Hi, Erin.” “I use them. Everywhere. And I also abuse sentence fragments for dramatic, speech-like effect. I also abuse hyphenated phrases because I don’t like just ‘creating’ words — adding the hyphen makes them ‘legit.’ I also abuse the emdash.” [Not all know and love the [...]
posted by erin on April 9, 2007
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2007/i-just-have-to-admit
Grammar fun!
Ah, excitement. I really love the U-Bahn. It’s the cleanest and most efficient public transportation I’ve ever seen. There are screens everywhere with clearly stated train lines with destinations and arrival times, and the escalators! Ha! They stop intermittently but if you step on the pad at the top or the bottom, they start! This [...]
posted by erin on July 13, 2006
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2006/grammar-fun
Apparently ich kann gut Deutsch schreiben…
So today I came early to class—I took a seat at 7.55—and was rattling away at my computer (heh, heh) when the kid from Argentina, Alfredo, came in. “Glaubst du die classe ist…” and he hesitated, unsure of his words and his grammar. He essentially managed to ask if the class was meeting in the [...]
posted by erin on July 6, 2006
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2006/apparently-ich-kann-gut-deutsch-schreiben
