Category Archives: Education

The Bite of Barking Dogs

Thai dogs like to bark. They bark all night and no one says a word. The little chow across the street once yapped for 17 hours non-stop, until its voice gave out like a raspy 50 year-old Gitane smoker. Thai dog’ favorite targets are those unfortunate rubbish divers eking out a living in search of [...]

WHY TEACHERS DRINK

Assicons

We all know those cute little computer symbols called “emoticons,” means a smile is a frown. Well, how about some “ASSICONS?” (_!_) a regular ass (__!__) a fat ass (!) a tight ass (_*_) a sore ass {_!_} a swishy ass (_o_) an ass that’s been around (_x_) kiss my ass (_X_) leave my ass [...]

New Words for the Modern Age

This year Webster Dictionary has allowed a new series of modern slang to be entered into the lexicon of the English language. Most people I know ie English speakers are light years ahead of the educational tome in their ugly venacular depravity, but here are some words which might make it into the revision for [...]

Illiterati of the Internet

I went to a good university, where I studied English and foreign languages, but there is something about the Internet that turns my fingers into thumbs dedicated to spawning unintelligible messages. Having read emails from friends and family, I would have to say that this deficit in spelling as well as grammar has risen illiteracy [...]