Real Hard Language Time
Words are knowledge, and knowledge is power.
Not power in the sense of a rocket ship or steam engine or a chest-chop by professional wrestling legend Ric Flair, but power nonetheless. And to know language and how to circumvent it is crucial if you wish to communicate on Earth.
I’d like to offer up some helpful language tips, starting with the basics.
This is the American English alphabet.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
The letters A E I O U and sometimes Y are vowels. The remaining letters- B C D F G H J K L M N P Q R S T V W X Z- are called consonants. Together they form words. Milk. Phosphorus. Jigger. These are words.
Sentences are made up of words. That was a sentence. And this one. And this one, too.
Phrases are little nuggets of word-strings, like sentences, that relate to other things. Often called idioms, they are most always nonsense but have been embedded in the vernacular and are universally understood.
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The Bob and Andrew Show: Words
This week on The Bob & Andrew Show, proper language is the soup of the jour.
Cursing, syntax and turns of phrase are also covered. Hold on to your hats, kids!
Produced by Terry Joseph Wharburton, The Bob & Andrew Show is a weekly radio program dedicated to the discussion and debate of pop culture, life and various ennui. Bob and Andrew are celebrating their third year of production and very successful, affable gentlemen.
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