Tag: language

October 29, 2014 at 8:43 am

Daniel Radcliffe Raps ‘Alphabet Aerobics’ on Jimmy Fallon

Daniel Radcliffe Raps 'Alphabet Aerobics' on Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy challenges hip-hop lover Daniel Radcliffe to rap Blackalicious’ tongue-twisting “Alphabet Aerobics,” and he nails it. You’re a lyrical wizard Harry! You can hear the original song below (released in 1999) with motion typography added to highlight the tongue-twisting lyrics.

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October 14, 2014 at 4:23 pm

This Dramatic Reading of Nicki Minaj’s Anaconda Shows How Ridiculous the Lyrics Are

This Dramatic Reading of Nicki Minaj's Anaconda Shows How Ridiculous the Lyrics Are

Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics Ian Martin decided to do a dramatic reading of Nicki Minaj’s song Anaconda, after he heard that his 12-year old niece and all of her friends were listening to the song. He said he made it for his Mom so she could hear how inappropriate the lyrics were for young…

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October 2, 2014 at 4:45 pm

Teacher Asks Students to Write Haikus, This Kid Wins

Teacher Asks Students to Write Haikus, This Kid Wins

I think this might be / Quite possibly the greatest / Haiku of all time When a class of schoolchildren were asked to write haikus, this sassy submission was the clear-cut winner. Step aside ‘haikus are easy / but sometimes they don’t make sense / refrigerator‘ a new champion has been crowned. A haiku…

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September 30, 2014 at 10:11 am

Teenage ‘Hyperpolyglot’ Breezes Through 20 Languages in Single Take

Teenage 'Hyperpolyglot' Breezes Through 20 Languages in Single Take

Timothy Doner is a teenage ‘hyperpolyglot’ with conversational proficiency in over 20 different languages. While he only considers himself fluent in about five or six tongues, the linguist clearly has a knack (and keen interest) for learning new languages. In the video above (which was actually filmed in 2012 when he was only 16),…

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September 26, 2014 at 1:22 pm

Benedict Cumberbatch Can’t Pronounce “Penguins”

Benedict Cumberbatch Can't Pronounce "Penguins"

Even when he messes up it just makes him more relatable. Cumberbatch can do no wrong! As a random side note, did you know Emperor penguins (not the ones shown in the video above), can dive to 1,850 feet (565 meters) underwater? That’s deeper than any other bird in the world and deeper than…

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July 31, 2014 at 3:11 pm

Here’s an Interesting Sentence

Here's an Interesting Sentence

I do not know where family doctors acquired illegibly perplexing handwriting; nevertheless, extraordinary pharmaceutical intellectuality counterbalancing indecipherability transcendentalizes intercommunication’s incomprehensibleness. Here we see a twenty-word sentence where each successive word increases in length by a single letter until we arrive at incomprehensibleness. A literary gem! If you enjoyed this post,…

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July 17, 2014 at 4:44 pm

Principal Writes Incredible Letter to Students Regarding Standardized Test Results

Principal Writes Incredible Letter to Students Regarding Standardized Test Results

After receiving their standardized test results, students at the Barrowford Primary School in Lancashire, England received a letter from their principal Rachel Tomlinson. The letter, posted below, reminds students of all the things a standardized test doesn’t measure. The letter was inspired by fellow educator Kimberley Hurd, who penned a blog post last October…

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July 3, 2014 at 6:17 pm

How to Talk like Porky Pig

How to Talk like Porky Pig

Even when you know how it’s done it doesn’t make it any easier to imitate! This is a clip from the documentary, I Know That Voice (2013). Voice actor Bob Bergen explains how to talk like the famous Looney Tunes character, Porky Pig.

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May 15, 2014 at 11:03 am

15 Words in Other Languages with No Direct English Equivalent

15 Words in Other Languages with No Direct English Equivalent

‘Found in Translation‘ is an ongoing series that highlights words in other languages with no direct English equivalent. The illustrative posters are done by Anjana Ilyer, a Mumbai-born graphic designer currently based in Auckland, New Zealand. Anjana’s goal is to do 100 of these illustrations in 100 days. You can see the entire series…

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May 10, 2014 at 2:21 pm

This is What Happens When You Mix a Hip Hop Beat with an Auctioneer

This is What Happens When You Mix a Hip Hop Beat with an Auctioneer

David Kamp mixed a hip hop beat with a video of an auctioneer and it’s hilarious. He originally came up with the idea in 2011, proclaiming it Cattlerap. In this version we hear the fast-talking auctioneer Rhett Parks do his thing at a Livestock auction in Whitewood, Saskatchewan, Canada. Drop the beat!

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