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If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world. « SEXY

If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world. « SEXY
(This is not my poem!) Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. I will keep you, Suzy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy. Tear in eye, your dress will tear. So shall I! Like this: Like Loading...

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Unusual Words - StumbleUpon Unusual Words A by no means exhaustive list of rare, obscure, strange and sometimes funny words and their meanings that only seem to crop up in crosswords and dictionaries. Words that are used so seldom, you wonder who invented them and why. Words Words by William Whitaker Latin to English Translate English to Latin The dictionary is about 39000 entries, as would be counted in an ordinary dictionary. This may generate many hundreds of thousands of 'words' that one can construct over all the declensions and conjugations. The point of this tool is to help in simple translations for a beginning Latin student or amateur.

The 10 Greatest Apocalyptic Novels Of All Time After scouring book reviews and Wikipedia, a list of the Top Ten Best Apocalyptic Novels was born. The books on this list take you down the darkest paths in uncivilized worlds, from cannibalistic gangs to vampire infected corpses. If this list doesn't get you thinking on the quickest way stock your basement full of water, canned goods and rifles, I don't know what will! Enjoy! World War Z Summer reading: 10 titles to watch for "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" by Ben Fountain is available from Ecco Press. "Bring Up the Bodies" by Hilary Mantel is available from Henry Holt & Co. Rocker Gregg Allman's memoir, "My Cross to Bear," is available from William Morrow. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn is available from Crown. '"Barack Obama: The Story" by David Maraniss comes out June 19 from Simon & Schuster. "Yes, Chef: A Memoir" by Red Rooster Harlem owner Marcus Samuelsson comes out June 26 from Random House.

The Ultimate SCRABBLE Word List Resource « SCRABBLE World To some, SCRABBLE is just a board game to play during family game night or during a casual get-together. Others think of SCRABBLE as a mere hobby. But with any activity, there will always be fanatics—the ones who would rather sell their soul than stop—the ones with a constant yearning for self-improvement—the merciless. Now, fanaticism isn't a bad thing. Being obsessed with the betterment of one's knowledge is actually a great characteristic to have, despite the bad rap "obsession" gets.

30 Books Everyone Should Read Before Their 30th Birthday - StumbleUpon The Web is grand. With its fame for hosting informative, easy-to-skim textual snippets and collaborative written works, people are spending more and more time reading online. Nevertheless, the Web cannot replace the authoritative transmissions from certain classic books that have delivered (or will deliver) profound ideas around the globe for generations.

e. e. cummings let it go - the smashed word broken open vow or the oath cracked length wise - let it go it was sworn to go let them go - the truthful liars and the false fair friends and the boths and neithers - you must let them go they were born to go let all go - the big small middling tall bigger really the biggest and all things - let all go dear so comes love ~ e. e. cummings ~ Books that will induce a mindfuck - StumbleUpon Here is the list of books that will officially induce mindfucks, sorted alphabetically by author. Those authors in bold have been recommended by one or more people as being generally mindfucking - any books listed under their names are particularly odd. You're welcome to /msg me to make an addition to this list.

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