Babies and sound
More important than eating for a baby is to learn. This is almost unbelievable. However, if a baby does not eay it will be hungry for a few hours, but if a baby does not learn, its whole life it will be lost. So deep in the programming of a baby is to [...]
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Writing for the web
My language test
I recently ran a test using a optimizer tool. It was a A / B test that compared two different versions of my home page. 50% of the time people would look at one version and 50% the users would see another version. This morning, I completed it. With a [...]
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I have always not translated baby names in the USA. For example, if someone has a baby name like Lucja, I would think in the USA Lucja is what people would call her. But Many Europeans or people learning English translate the name to Lucy. Which is fine. But I perfer to keep names if [...]
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Many people, including news anchors on the BBC refer to Ukraine as the Ukraine. Would you say the France, the Russia, the Poland? I have no idea how people started calling Ukraine, “the Ukraine”, but its mildly irratating. I think it comes from thinking Ukraine is a region, like “the steppes” . Ukraine is the [...]
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Which is spoken in Kiev, Ukrainian or Russian?
Which is the dominant language in Kiev, Russian or Ukrainian? Ten years ago I would have said Russian without blinking an eye. But now with twenty years of linguistic revival in Ukrainian I would definitely learn Ukrainian if I was going to Ukraine. Ukrainian is not only the [...]
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Is Obama a US citizen
Obama’s citizenship is still open. Right now it is at the supreme court on Friday they will discuss.
Obama’s Citizenship facts are here. I recommend you read this before you react.
Could Obama not be a citizen and still get on the ballot.
Yes, This year 2008, there was another candidate for president that [...]
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Obama is an great speaker. From a language perpective Obama is a great speaker. I do not like a lot of his Political views, but I do like his speaking. It is relaxed and casual. If there is a lesson we can learn from Obama it is this. “The person who loses their cool, loses. [...]
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Polish real estate market is going down. There is not only a liquidity problem but a huge over supply problem also a speculative bubble.
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Do not take notes in Class
I am from the school of thought that in language class or any other class you should not take notes. Why? Notes are an excuses to be passive in class. Also you can not fully focus on the point being made and much of what you learned leaves your mind [...]
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