by Dwane | May 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
You are probably familiar with the 80/20 rule, also known as the Pareto principle. According to the 80/20 rule, 80% of the consequences come from 20% of the causes. Put another way, 80% of the work is done by 20% of the people. Or, think of it this way. Look at...
by Dwane | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
This week, someone asked me if many English words originate from Greek? Here is my reply: As best I can tell, the breakdown goes something like this. English is about 50% Latin and 50% German. But, that is very broad. The real story is a real mess. 🙂 I’ve heard...
by Dwane | Apr 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
A few days ago, I discovered the site Chatterbug.com. If you are attempting to learn French, Spanish or German, you may want to check it out. Using live streams, and short videos, the hosts offer lots of opportunity to practice. For the past few days, I’ve been...
by Dwane | Apr 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
I didn’t send a weekly email last Saturday. I was on the road all day driving home from Colorado to Nashville. I had gone to hang out with my son in the Rocky Mountains. He taught me to snowboard. I am now, officially, the world’s slowest snowboarder. On the way...
by Dwane | Apr 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
While writing the Word Up series, I often consulted the book Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis. (Unfortunately, I cannot recommend the book to students. There are, oddly enough, too many innuendos in this book.) In the introduction Mr. Lewis writes this:...
by Dwane | Apr 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last week I talked about French. Even if you are older, you are likely not too old to learn French. If you missed it, that tip (along with hundreds of others) is here: https://dwanethomas.com/tip-week-archives/ This week I am here to talk about German. I am not...
