January 1, 2023Dear Forum Member and Friend,To help get you started on a more auspicious footing in 2023, we have come up with a
2023 New Year Retrospective Special featuring 9 Forum readings from 2009 onwards that are of truly lasting interest. The retrospective is top-billed by a superb collection of 18 inspiring, witty, always good-humored advice for New Year by such astute and accomplished minds as Albert Einstein, Oscar Wilde, T.S. Eliot, Mark Twain, Ralph Waldo Emerson, G. K. Chesterton, and 12 other notables.
FIREWORKS TO USHER IN THE NEW YEAR
Here’s the full retrospective lineup to get your spirits heightened for New Year 2023:
1. Language Humor at its Finest:
“18 Inspiring, Good-Humored Guideposts for New Year 2023”2. The Forum Lounge (2009):
“The Sense of ‘Nakakagigil’ Gets Lost in the English Translation3. Going Deeper Into English (2010):
“The Shakespeare Authorship Debate Bubbles Up Once Again”4. Use and Misuse (2010):
“70 English Idiomatic Expressions Sometimes—or Should We Say Quite Often?—Bungled by Pinoys”5. Notable Works by Our Very Own (2010):
“A Non-Historian Explores the Heart and Soul of the Modern Filipino”6. My Media English Watch (2015):
“Shell-shocked by Grammar Bombs In Entertainment Reporting”7. Readings in Language (2015):
“Romancing the English Alphabet, Both Literally and Figuratively”8. Getting To Know English (2017):
“We Can Count as Many As 23 Auxiliary Verbs in English”9. Use and Misuse (2017):
“Getting Rid of Wordy Beginnings When We Write in English” Check out the
Forum Homepage now for the links to each of these very instructive readings.
Have a truly Happy and Prosperous Year in 2023!
Sincerely yours,
Joe Carillo
