On Christmas
On Christmas an essay by G. K. Chesterton from All Things Considered, London 1908, plus some links to other posts about Christmas Festival, markets and stories What life and death …
Halloween thoughts and poems
Halloween thoughts and poems, quotes and aphorisms by the World of English, that is English-culture.com blog and Carl William Brown Halloween for the year 2022 is celebrated/observed on Monday, October …
200 Best African Proverbs
200 Best African proverbs and sayings to give wise life advice for various situations and inspire people all over the world through simple words and messages. If there is no …
Quotes and aphorisms on Scotland
Quotes and aphorisms on Scotland, about the beauties of the country and the traditions of its people with some good humour too. The moment you doubt whether you can fly, …
Proverbs from China
Proverbs from China, old saying of Chinese great wisdom from letter M to Y The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love …
Irish modern history
Irish modern history and the character of the people who live in Ireland, the Emerald Isle. At the start of the 19th century, Irish soldiers formed a considerable proportion of …
American slang Part 1
American slang is the body of words and expressions frequently used by or intelligible to a rather large portion of the general American public, but not accepted as good, formal …
The language of Slang
The reaction to any word may be, in an individual, either a mob-reaction or an individual reaction. It is up to the individual to ask himself: Is my reaction individual, …
Nonsense quotes
Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they can talk sense. Robert Frost Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things …
The United Kingdom
United Kingdom Test Sometimes it is useful to test the knowledge of our students using a test, a quiz or some questions. I usually use Kahoot or Quizlet, but when …