Mr. Vig

On Friday I went to a party.

It was a friend’s birthday. 

And he invited a small group to his apartment to celebrate.  Read More >

In the elevator, the person next to the buttons asks me “Which floor?” 

In the grocery store, the shop assistant wants to know, “Do you have a club card?”

And at the restaurant, the hostess sees me walk in and says “Would you like to sit inside or outside?” Read More >

Yesterday, I showed you a sign. 

I said there were two mistakes. 

I asked you if you could see the mistakes.  Read More >

I’ve definitely seen worse.

But this sign I spotted in the gym today has two mistakes.

Can you find them? Read More >

Guess what I did today?

I missed a meeting. 

I know, very unprofessional… Read More >

A reader writes that he doesn’t know how to use these Vitamin V lessons.

Another reader writes that I talked for one hour and didn’t teach anything.

Hmm.  Read More >

“We met each other on the inner-net.”*

“My coat is missing a bu-in.”* 

“I found the film very inner-essing.”*  Read More >

There’s how English teachers say it…

And then there’s how real native speaker Americans say it. 

(pronounced “A-mur-i-cuns” if you’re talking to someone from Alabama) Read More >

I was in the gym today. 

I was working on getting my leg strong again after my accident. 

When suddenly, the music stopped and a recorded announcement played on the speakers.  Read More >

I’m getting pretty good at buying food in foreign countries. 

The challenge is, how do you know it’s what you want to buy when you can’t read the words on the package?

Here’s my first tip: If it looks like an egg, it’s probably an egg.  Read More >