by Dwane | Nov 12, 2022 | English, Vocabulary
Equable: Even and steady; serene; does not vary; not easily irritated Example: His equable manner made all those around him instantly comfortable. I like this from Vocabulary.com: An equable person isn’t moody. You wouldn’t expect him or her to fly into a...
by Dwane | Jun 2, 2022 | Education, English
Words are the symbols of knowledge, the keys to accurate thinking. Is it any wonder then that the most successful and intelligent people in this country have the biggest vocabularies? It is not their larger vocabularies that made these people successful and...
by Dwane | Sep 3, 2021 | Education, English, Greek, Latin, Visual Latin, Vocabulary
Could I see an example class? People are sometimes confused by all that I offer. I get that. There is a lot on this site. Here’s what’s going on. Visual Latin is a professionally filmed series. I do not personally sell it. It is available here from...
by Dwane | Feb 7, 2018 | English
My mom recently sent this to me. Good luck learning English. I love our language… but, what a linguistic train wreck it is. Dearest creature in creation Studying English pronunciation, I will teach you in my verse Sounds...
by Dwane | Feb 2, 2018 | English, Motivation
I received this note from someone in the (now defunct) Word Up Live class. I have been out of town on a business trip this week on Pacific time. I can get up at 4 am, but 3 am was asking too much with a full day’s work following….so I did not join this week. I will...
by Dwane | Jan 20, 2018 | English, Vocabulary
Ventriloquy: The act, art or practice of speaking in such a manner that the voice appears to come not from the person, but from some distant place. Ventriloquy comes from the Latin word ventriloquus which itself comes from two other Latin words. Venter means stomach...
