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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on December 14, 2018, 08:08:50 PM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (DECEMBER 8 - 14, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(16 new postings):
1. Their Thoughts Exactly: “10 Enduring Remembrances of Christmases Past – Redux 8” (December 9, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7788.0)
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2. Seasonal Language Humor at its Finest: “Gobbledygooked Christmas song titles quiz” (December 11, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6356.0)
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3. Language Humor At Its Finest: “A Christmas Q&A for language buffs” (December 8, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6562.0)
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4. You Asked Me This Question: “What to do when the subject is a very long noun form” (December 13, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7791.0)
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5. Forum Lounge Retrospective: “14 things my mother taught me” (December 12, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=733.0)
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6. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “The differences in sense when ‘will’ or ‘would’ is used" (December 12, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7291.0)
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7. Language Humor At Its Finest: “20 + 4 Fun Puns and Groaners” (December 11, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6178.0)
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8. Readings in Language Retrospective: “Thinking in numbers as effective, pleasant antidote for numerophobia” (December 11, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6014.0)
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9. Advice and Dissent Revisited: “An eye for clarity, simplicity, brevity, and humanity” (December 10, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=197.0)
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10. Opinion by Maximo Tumbali, Forum Contributor: “A travesty of justice!” (December 8, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7787.0)
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Opinion by Maximo Tumbali: “Dearth of judges with good moral sense” (December 10, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7787.msg14083#msg14083)
11. A Grammar Reading You Might Have Missed: “The virtue of elliptical constructions” (December 10, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1718.0)
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12. Intriguing Grammar Question: “An English-language conundrum” (December 10, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=381.0)
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13. Language Humor at its Finest: “40 superb paraprosdokians to make sense of our times” (December 10, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6408.0)
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14. You Asked Me This Question: “How literal adverbial phrases differ from idiomatic ones” (December 9, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7282.0)
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15. Advice and Dissent: “Incredulous over an ever-loving omnipotent creator consumed by an endless rage” (December 8, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7786.0)
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CLASSIC FORUM POSTINGS (8 postings):
1. Two magnificent performances of “The Prayer,” spaced 10 years apart (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6768.0)
(Originally posted January 22, 2017)
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2. “The Lovely Clichés Worth Keeping” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6738.0)
(Originally posted circa 2002 Reposted December 16, 2016)
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3. Conversations (4): “The real score about Valentine’s Day” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=535.0)
(Originally posted February 10, 2010 Reposted February 1, 2014)
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4. “Did Rizal ever speak and write in English?” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=506.0)
(Originally posted January 28, 2010, latest update December 30, 2016)
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5. “Conversations (2): A serious bad-grammar syndrome” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6761.0)
(Reposted January 18, 2017)
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6. “Anatomy of media stories that Filipina women have the world’s smallest breasts” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6628.0)
(Posted July 11, 2016)
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7. “Lost in Translation” - 1 and 2 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6746.0)
(Posted December 30, 2016)
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8. “Indignities in American minor” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6721.0)
(Posted October 27, 2016)
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