Urgh’s invention

Urgh’s invention

Write a piece of fiction describing the incident that gave rise to the phrase, “third time’s the charm.” Urgh was very tired of carrying heavy weights from one place to another dragging them with a wooden platform and ropes, when he stepped in a cylindrical stone, his...
Ah! fluency

Ah! fluency

If you could wake up tomorrow and be fluent in any language you don’t currently speak, which would it be? Why? What’s the first thing you do with your new linguistic skills? I  would like to wake up and be fluent in the languages I speak. I can understand at least...
Determination

Determination

Sometimes, we all need a break from these little glowing boxes. How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen? No time. A lot of things to do off-line. No inspiration. Feeling that everything I do is wrong. No good health No good English I...
Let’s talk, no matter how

Let’s talk, no matter how

The language of the future: what will it be like? Write an experimental post using some imagined vocabulary — abbreviations, slang, new terms. I’ll pass. I can’t even keep pace with today’s abbreviations, so I don’t feel like making predictions...

Without adjective

Is political correctness a useful concept, or does it stifle honest discussion?  Political correctness has a problem. It’s political. And today in politics is hard to find honesty. I can’t see why we can’t talk or write using simply a...
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