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It’s true!

English speakers are word thieves! 

75% of English words were stolen from other languages! Read More >

I’m in a new city today.

And when I’m in a new city, I take a free walking tour. 

While museums and travel books can be dry and dull, full of facts and names you  don’t care about and won’t remember, on a walking tour you get all kinds of interesting stories.  Read More >

Remember my crazy friend?

The one I told you about on Friday?

Well, he said something else you might find interesting.  Read More >

Speaking of counting steps… 

Yesterday evening, I was enjoying a dry gin martini with a friend. 

Like me, he’s a digital nomad. Read More >

This week we’re talking about level tests. 

A lot of students want to know their level of English.

I tell them that’s a bad idea. Read More >

Every week someone asks me for a test. 

They want to know their English level. 

Well, I don’t have a test.  Read More >

Do you know it?

Do you not know it?

Do you want to know it? Read More >

Bomb! 

This is an interesting word.

It has at least three main meanings.  Read More >

English spelling is crazy.

That’s why I don’t teach it — I’m terrible at it! 

So last week when my email software underlined a word for me, I thought I had misspelled it. Read More >

Irony. 

What’s ironic today?

Well, I was thinking about the date: tomorrow is September 1. Read More >