Irish Girl PRANK CALL

A prank call is a phone call which is made with the intention of making a practical joke. Some prank calls are innocent and silly. Others are not. This one is indeed quite sweet.




Any resemblance to real life is purely coincidental...

Just for fun...

Some language comments...


What do the following expressions mean?


1.  a wrecking ball 
2.  a ballpark figure
3. 'Could you blow it up or knock it down?' (What's the difference?)




ANSWERS here!




Complete transcript

100 Best Movie Lines in 200 Seconds

Hello movie freaks!

How many of these VERY FAMOUS movie lines can you recognize? 

Phonetics

Hi everyone!

In order not to end up as this lady...

...click on the link below for a nice little chart with all the English sounds, published by  Oxford University Press.


PHONETIC SYMBOLS

Language is not innocent

Check out these two examples of how language (in fact, the people who misuse it) influences the way we look at 'objective' news.


RACISM IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE KATRINA

NEW YORK TIMES SHIFTS ITS FRAMING OF THE ARRESTS AT OCCUPY WALL STREET

Note: I've taken both articles from:


The Society Pages is an online, multidisciplinary social science project headquartered in theDepartment of Sociology at the University of Minnesota.