The articles a and an
Today I’m going to go over the singular indefinite article in English: a and an. Before I get into that, do you remember the lesson recently on the International Phonetic Alphabet? I’ll be referring back to that today, so if you need to brush up on it, take a few minutes to review the symbols and how IPA works. Go ahead. I’ll wait. Continue reading
Well, I just got done reporting midterm grades for my four classes. I’d say that on average, my classes are doing about average. Except my 202. They’re doing really well. There are a lot of students failing, but that’s predominately because of attendance issues or the fact that they never turn anything in. Maybe getting an F will help wake them up. Then again, knowing some of these Continue reading
The husband and I ordered Footers, and I got a foot-long turkey club which comes with a couple pickles. Yay, pickles! I grabbed a bunch of movies from the library on the way home tonight to watch, but I probably won’t get to them for a while. For right now, it’s Akira and and a sammich. On the way to the Mom-mobile from the library, I picked something else up: Continue reading
Jargon
Damn, am I really updating so infrequently that I’ve had one post since the last TKT? Well, it’s midterms, so what can I say? I will admit that I have taken some time out recently for a new club that just started up on campus, and that’s one reason I have had less time to post, but it’s also a great reason to put up a new TKT. I just joined the “Knit Wits” club that had its first meeting Continue reading
Before I get into a long tirade about what all has been going on in my life, I’ll quickly give you the answers to Thursday’s TKT pop quiz:
1. [kæt] cat 2. [dɛsk] desk 3. [greɪps] grapes
4. [kəmpjutɚ] computer 5. [tɛləfoʊn] telephone 6. [su:p] soup
7. [aɪ.laɪk.tu:.i:t.lɛ.tɪs] I like to eat lettuce! Continue reading
The International Phonetic Alphabet
I figured it’s about time I got around to teaching you all about the International Phonetic Alphabet, since it will probably come in handy in future TKT posts. I’ll stick to the IPA symbols used in English, though I’ll probably toss some of the ones for French up here eventually as well. That being said, let’s get started! Continue reading
Well, I’ve finally remembered to get around to updating on my life. I guess I have a couple good excuses for not having posted in a bit: grading tests, somewhat sick off and on, and some shopping, but I guess it’s more accurate to say I haven’t been posting because I’ve been playing Animal Crossing Wild World quite a bit since I got it Saturday. 🙂 I’ve already gotten one Continue reading
All right, no more sleep for me for today. Or for the rest of the week, I think. I just woke up from this psychotic dream, and I’m just done. That’s it. I really don’t feel like sleeping again for a long time. Hell, I might just check myself into therapy after the gem of a dream I just woke up from. I mean, there’s psychotic, and then there’s “Goddammit what the @#$% is wrong with me?!?!” I Continue reading
I have insurance! I have life insurance, health insurance, dental insurance, and eyeballs insurance! Well, I will have once the paperwork goes through and it becomes effective in October, but still, it’s kind of exciting. This is the first job I’ve ever had where I get benefits like insurance. I don’t know how much normal insurance costs, but I think that what I’ll be paying sounds good Continue reading
Rather than grade papers or come up with lesson plans, I wasted most of last night playing with my webpage. I finally updated my Quizzes page. Now, rather than have all of the on-line quiz results on one page, they’re broken down by category such as personality and zodiac stuff. I have a separate document on Buster with a bunch of other results in it, and I’ll probably get around to Continue reading