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• It’s American as sweet potatoes (but not sweet potato pie)

  
  This is the Green Room — Authority: 425
  The NYT has published an infographic showing the top recipe searches on Allrecipes.com. Searches are broken out by state, allowing some interesting comparisons. (Local dialects and preferences are an interest of mine, and when combined with maps I can’t resist… see also various words for soda .) Here’s the ...
  20 hours ago

• Osaka dialect

  
  Japan Visitor Blog - Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Kyoto — Authority: 131
  大阪弁 Q. "Mohkarimakka?" A. "Akimahen" This exchange in Japanese would confound anyone who had studied Japanese the formal way. Japanese has a myriad of dialects that vary widely enough to sometimes make mutual understanding between Japanese speakers difficult. ben is Japanese for "dialect," and besides the ...
  3 days ago

• Today’s Top 5: Tuesday

  
  theCLog — Authority: 515
  Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 24, 2009 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing. • Red Hot Turkey Bash at Wachovia Atrium • Comedian James Sibley at Lake Norman Comedy Zone in Galway Hooker • Little Dragon at Milestone • ...
  4 days ago

• A Go Devil & A Mystery

  
  Blind Pig & The Acorn — Authority: 113
  I found it surprising that many of you-who usually know all the vocabulary words, were in the dark about go devil. A few of you guessed what it is-a splitting maul. Makes me wonder if its a local saying or... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  1 week ago

• The real Henry Higgins

  
  Topsyturvydom — Authority: 104
  Reading this obituary took me back thirty odd years to a lecture theatre in a brutalist concrete building in Leeds. The first year English students were being lectured about accent and dialect by the great Stanley Ellis. He asked one of our number, picked at random, to say a few words. Hed chosen Bob McNally, a lad ...
  1 week ago

• Oyster King at The Gardens Mid Valley Mega Mall

  
  Food Point of Interest — Authority: 110
  “Oh Chien” ….. “Oh Mee” ….. Do this sound familiar to you? Oh Chien basically means Fried Oyster and Oh Mee is in Chinese Hokkien dialect. This dish is very famous in Penang and good news to KL people that it is available in Klang Valley now. The stall is actually located in front of Din Tai Fung at The ...
  1 week ago

• Appalachian Vocabulary Test 13

  
  Blind Pig & The Acorn — Authority: 414
  Time for this months Vocabulary Test: Gall Gander Give out Give in Go devil Gall-nerve. "The gall of her to talk about me after I bent over backwards to help her!" Gander-look, stare. "Take a gander at that set of... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
  1 week ago

• Yah Hear Dis One ‘Bout Ossie

  
  Bajan Poetry Society — Authority: 141
  Ossie Moore is the name that preceded almost all of my child jokes. People gathered all around to hear the humorous stories of this true life Bajan character that was depicted far dumber than he really was. We have lost most of these little Ossie Moore jokes over time since they no longer pass around in typical ...
  1 week ago

• Art openings in Charlotte this weekend

  
  theCLog — Authority: 515
  As the headline suggests, here are a few picks of art exhibition openings and shows to check out this weekend in Charlotte and the surrounding area — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing . • Charlotte Artery ’s Art Attack exhibition. Open: Fri., Nov. 13, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Charlotte Artery exhibition ...
  2 weeks ago

• Today’s Top 5: Friday

  
  theCLog — Authority: 515
  Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 13, 2009 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing. • Lois Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color exhibition at Mint Museum of Art • Innovative Works at Booth Playhouse • Hatebreed with Unearth, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Weekender

  
  theCLog — Authority: 515
  Check out these events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area this weekend— as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing . Friday, Nov. 13 Game Theory Dialect Gallery Local artist Antoine Williams’ new solo exhibition, Game Theory opens tonight at Dialect Gallery. Paintings in the exhibition ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Philosophy Society: November

  
  Religion, Philosophy & Ethics course — Authority: 107
  After another date change, the philosophy reading group will be meeting Thursday, 12th November at Park Campus. However, we will not meet in The Gallery Room. We will have a seminar room as we had for the summer meetings. Our best bet is to meet in front of the SU Bar at 6.55pm and go from there. This month we will ...
  2 weeks ago

• dialect of a skirt by erica miriam fabri

  
  Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene — Authority: 125
  dialect of a skirterica miriam fabriHanging Loose PressBrooklyn, New YorkISBN: 978-1-934909-10-22009 $18.00bravo bravoimmediately, the cover of this first book, by erica fabri, made me jealous. the energy portrayed, the vibrant color, the direct approach, the ice-cream sundae image, all lent to my initial shock, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Aye, Right or How a Double Positive Really Is A Negative

  
  Smitten by Britain — Authority: 423
  Please welcome Steffi from http://mummydothat.blogspot.com She is this weeks guest blogger on regional accents and dialects. Originally from Germany, she has lived in Glasgow for 12 years and wanted to share her thoughts on what we all know is a very unique place. Glasgow. Home to the Patter. You know, I ...
  2 weeks ago

• Contesting immigrant voice in Istanbul: Mass media, verbal play, immigrant channels

  
  COMD News — Authority: 157
  This study analyzes mass media and intertextuality in the mediation of communities in a modern Turkish megalopolis. It focuses on a weekly television series and its differential reception by the general Turkish public and an immigrant community whose heritage and dialect are central aspects of the program. The series ...
  2 weeks ago

• Symbian Foundation dares to call characters in the dialer a brainstorm idea

  
  Engadget Mobile — Authority: 746
  Filed under: Software , Symbian The good news: the alphanumeric dialer keypad was integrated into Symbians codebase from a community-submitted suggestion. The bad news: it took a community-submitted suggestion to make the dialer keypad alphanumeric. Symbian Foundation dares to call characters in the dialer a ...
  3 weeks ago

• What is the best place to study abroad for spanish?

  
  http://diddy.name — Authority: 169
  i’ve been studying spanish for a while and Im going to be starting the study abroad process soon . So i wanted to get some opinions on what are some really great spanish speaking countries to study in to get the best experience possible. [ where i could follow the dialect , etc ] thanx .
  3 weeks ago

• Larn Yersel Geordie

  
  Expat Mum — Authority: 120
  If anyone fancies a little refresher course in all things Geordie, Im guest posting over at Smitten by Britain .
  3 weeks ago

• PocketArnold Review: Terminator Talk

  
  AT&T (formerly Cingular) iPhone Reviews, iPhone Apps and Accessories — Authority: 148
  Have you ever tried talking like the Terminator? Chances are you have, because I know I have! Well that accent is hard, no nearly impossible to grasp. Well now you don’t have to master the strange dialect to give a good Arnold impression. With today’s technology you can carry on an entire conversation in ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Hegelian dialectic: Problem(Crisis) Reaction, Solution. The NWO tool of choice.

  
  Aotearoa: a wider perspective — Authority: 427
  How does the ruling elite get what they want? Simple. They create a crisis, everybody gets scared and then they present the “solution”. In the case of their privatisation agenda of the National government these last few weeks the ACC “Crisis” is a case in point. Here is how it works: Part 1 ...
  4 weeks ago

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