Birdy Fun...

Q: Why did the chicken  cross the road?  
A: To get to the other side! 

Q: Why did the monster  cross the road?  
A: To eat the chicken! 

Q: Why did the dinosaur  cross the road?  
A: It was the chicken's  day off! 

Q: If a rooster lays an egg on the middle of a slanted roof, on which side will it fall?  
A: Neither side. Roosters don't lay eggs! 

Q: What did the sick chicken  say? 
A: "I have the people-pox!" 

Q: How does a chicken  mail  a letter  to her friend ? 
A: In a HEN-velope! 

Q: Why can't a rooster  ever get rich? 
A: Because he works for chicken feed! 

Q: What key won't open any door ? 
A: A turkey! 

Forward or Backward???

MOM, DAD, MADAM, EYE, WOW, SIS, .. these are some words that we use in our daily life conversations.  But.. do you know that they have some thing special in them?

These words can be read the same forwards or backwards. Such Magical words are called as Palindromes. 

Here are some more of them.

bib	level	noon
bub	gag	radar
civic	kayak	redder
sees	pop	refer
did	sagas	redivider
eve	peep	rotator
ewe	stats	solos

Not only words but phrases too have Palindromes:

"Don't nod"

"Borrow or rob?"

"A man, a plan, a canal, Panama."

"I did, did I?"

"Drawn inward"

"Madam, I'm Adam."

"Never odd or even"

"No lemon, no melon."

"Now I won."

"Top spot"

"Was it a cat I saw?"

"Race car"

"Nurses run."

Pronunciation Trouble

The New Age Communication - Twisted Texting

SWDYT?........ AYATU?............... DW!.  IWE...........

You might be thinking that the alphabets above might have been a typing error, No they are not . Its the new age of texting. A new way of communication. 

wondering how? Let me give you the meaning. 
SWDYT = So What Do You Thing
AYATU = Are You Able To Understand
DW = Dont Worry
IWE = I Will Explain

I am sure you cannot chat with a teenager these days without being heard that you don't know how to text, you would get a response "YR2ON" (meaning- you are too old now), for the simple reason that you cannot communicate in ACRONYMS or so called as the new age texting.

I am trying to give you an insight into some of the texting lingo that you might have thought with a different meaning.

Alphabetical Acronyms:

1. POTATO= Person Over Thirty Acting Twenty One.
2. PAL = Parents Are Listening
3. EMI = Excuse My Ignorance
4. GI= Google It
5. A3= Anytime, Anywhere, Anyplace.
6. T2G= Time to go
7. WOG=  Wise Old Guy
8. NP = No Problem or Nosy Parents
9. NOA = Not Online Anymore
10. PAW = Parents Are Watching
11. PIR = Parent In Room
12. ACORN = A Completely Obsessive Really Nutty Person
13. SYS = See You Soon


Numbered Acronyms:

1. 9 = Parent is watching
2. 99 = Parent no longer watching
3. 4NR = Foreigner
4. 303 = Mom
5. 182 = I Hate You
6. 411 = Information
7. <3 = Heart
8. 143 = I Love you

There are many more of them which i may have missed out here, the list goes endless. Having seen a varied modes of communication, i am still getting accustomed to this new way of TTP "talking to people".

I am delighted that i have had a chance to learn my English in the age when not everything was twisted into an acronym. Anyways B4N "Bye for Now", TC "take Care", ONO "Over And Out".

If you have some more such interesting Acronyms, the so called Texting lingos, please feel free to share.

Listen = Silent

 ANAGRAMS

Can you find any similarity in the two words here? 

Both the words have the same alphabets but are just re-arranged to bring out a meaningful word. 

Such words are called as Anagrams. 

By just mixing up the letters a new word can be produced, such is the magic of English Language. 

A fun activity, a word play that not only helps in improving the spellings & pronunciation but also builds vocabulary, creativity & Imagination.

Here are some more examples of anagrams:

1. Mother-in-law = Women Hitler

2. Debit Card = Bad credit

3. Dormitory = Dirty room

4. Astronomer = Moon starer

5. A decimal point = I'm a dot in place

6. The Eyes = They See

7. Listen = Silent

8. Garbage Man = Bad manager

9. Hot water = Worth Tea

10. Good Bye = Obey God

11. Vacation time = I am not active

12. A gentleman = Elegant Man

13. Mummy = my mum

Did you Know??

English Language Facts:

English came from everywhere and includes pretty much everything.

English is a sprawling, messy, and confusing language, with weird rules and quirky usage of words whose origins are lost in history.

The history of the language relied largely on war and invasion. 
Written English disappeared completely for more than 100 years.
Half the words we use on a regular basis came from people, places, or foreign terms. 

Here is a range of facts related to the History of English language:



1 English is a West Germanic Language.

2 The English language spread with the growth of the British Empire, becoming the dominant language in Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia.

3 English is probably the most widely spoken language in the world

4 It is estimated that there could be as many as 1.5 billion total English speakers worldwide.

5 With over 800 million native speakers, Chinese Mandarin is the most spoken native language, followed by Spanish and English.

6 English has a huge vocabulary, with over 250000 different words listed in the Oxford English Dictionary

7 Many scientific words used in the English language come from Latin or Greek.

8 English is written in the Latin alphabet (also known as the Roman alphabet).

9 There are three basic eras to English formation: Old English, which ran from the 5th through 11th centuries; Middle English, which lasted until the 15th century; and Modern English, which takes us to the present.

10  The first purely English dictionary appeared in 1604: It was called A Table Alphabeticall [sic], and it was written by a schoolteacher named Robert Cawdrey.

11 William Shakespeare made up many of his words: The pre-eminent English writer invented nearly 2,000 words and catch phrases.

12 There are more than 125 English dialects worldwide: Each dialect uses English in its own way, from pronunciation and construction.

Great Humor with a Brain Bending Twist.

• What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? A clock
  
  

• What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? Short
• What word begins and ends with an ‘e’ but only has one letter? Envelope
• What has a neck but no head? A bottle
• What gets wetter as it dries? A towel
• Why did the boy bury his flashlight? Because the batteries died.
• Which letter of the alphabet has the most water? The C
• What starts with a ‘P’, ends with an ‘E’ and has thousands of letters? The Post Office!
• What has to be broken before you can use it? An egg
• Why can’t a man living in New York be buried in Chicago? Because he’s still living!
• What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it? A teapot
• Which month has 28 days? All of them of course!