Feb11th

Is ‘Canadian’ a racial slur

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According to this news the word “Canadian” is a derogatory term in southern part of America denoting black people.

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Feb8th

Bring Interesting stories to light

Bring the interesting to the light

Snugd.com with a motto “information worth sharing” post frequent brief posts each day about the interesting news,articles and blog posts. We don’t need to browse the web to find something interesting,they do it and bring them to us. One useful thing about this site is that it gives topics to talk about each day. Do you wonder what to talk with a colleague on the lunch room or on the bus usually?. Read it everyday. Be an interesting person.

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Feb7th

Up The YANGTZE

“Outstanding … gorgeously shot and as gripping as an epic novel”
-Liam Lacey, THE GLOBE AND MAIL

“A gloriously cinematic doc”
-John Anderson, VARIETY

These words are about the Canadian Documentary ‘Up the Yangtze’ which opens its theatrical run in Canada on February 8th, 2008. The documentary already had chosen as the best Canadian Documentary at the Vancouver Film Festival and its named one of Canada’s Top Ten Films. The film is about the worldn’t largest Dam built across the Yangtze river in China.

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Feb5th

Super Tuesday

Untied States

In the United States a Tuesday on early February or March on a presidential election year is called Super Tuesday.
2008 is a presidential election in America and today is another Super Tuesday there. This is the date where large number of the states held their presidential primaries. The phrase used on March 4th,1988 for the first time.

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Feb4th

Speak English Like an American

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If you are looking for a good book to learn American Idioms and take your conversation to the next level Speak English Like an American is a great book. The book comes with a CD which make it more useful. As ESL learners we all know the value of knowing the correct pronounciation of new words. The book got a very positive feedback in Amazon.

You will find this book very helpful when you notice the number of Idioms and colloquial expressions you learn in the book. The slow pace of the voice in the CD can be said as the only drawback of the book. Other than that great reference source.

Speak English Like an American (Book & Audio CD set)

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