Jose Carillo's English Forum
The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on December 22, 2018, 08:39:28 AM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (DECEMBER 14 - 21, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(11 new postings):
1. The Forum Lounge: “Once Again, How to Say ‘Merry Christmas’ in 75 of the World's Languages” (December 22, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=4128.0)
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2. The Forum Lounge: “Celebrating the Holiday Season with an element of surprise” (December 22, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=4129.0)
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3. Going Deeper Into English: “Letter from Germany on how synonyms and pleonasms differ” (December 20, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7798.0)
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4. Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “Humanity is evolutionarily hard-wired for God, psychologist argues” (December 21, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1278.0)
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5. The Forum Lounge: “Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray: Paragon of beauty, brain, eloquence,” Essay by Maximo Tumbali (December 19, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7795.0)
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6. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “20 highbrow jokes to wrack our brains and tickle our funnybones” (December 17, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6441.0)
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7. Forum Lounge Retrospective: Andy Rooney’s “33 golden nuggets of inspiration” (December 16, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1564.0)
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8. Advice and Dissent: “U.S.A.: Under its roof sleep the enemies,” Opinion by Maximo Tumbali (December 15, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7793.0)
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9. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “A figure of speech that’s often used to subvert reason and logic” (May 4, 2013) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5835.0)
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10. Readings in Language Retrospective: “The story of the ascent of humanity is told in 17 mathematical equations” (May 12, 2012) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2411.0)
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11. Forum Lounge Retrospective: “A trip down memory lane” (September 28, 2009) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=305.0)
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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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