As much as I am of Chinese descent, I grew up reading and writing, thinking and dreaming in English. (I would admit without any qualms that I am a Banana Chinese - that is, outside yellow but inside white.) But, there are these 2 sets of verb-noun word groups that totally irk me: they are respond/response and prove/proof - I always have to think a little harder than usual to figure out which is which, i.e. which is the noun and which is the verb. If I do not think about it, more often than not, I will use the wrong one. And that irritates me.
pearlie
Pearlie,
ReplyDeleteSo what is google read!? That is basically what my comment said that I erased by accident haha. Is it like bloglines? I have a friend that uses bloglines and likes it. Then I don't have to keep adding people to my 'favorites' which would be a great thing -- it's way too full and takes so much time to download every page!
Anyway! I will check out googleread!
and --- as far as this post - *I* am American - and *I* have problems with lots of words too! :)
have a great night!
Pearlie - The important thing is _ I always know what you mean!
ReplyDeleteI hope you know what _ means.
ReplyDeleteRandi,
ReplyDeleteDo check GoogleReader out - I have not used Bloglines before so I can't compare but GoogleReader kind of collects all subscribed posts into something like an inbox - so it is akin to reading emails.
Julia, of course I do ;)
ReplyDelete"Banana Chinese"
ReplyDelete..now that is a new addition to my vocabulary :)
I like Bloglines better than Google Reader ... but I haven't checked GR for a few months.
KB,
ReplyDeleteIs bloglines better because of preference or functions?
Function-wise I think that Bloglines does everything that GR does but it also manages my selective (not all subscriptions are in my) blogroll. Let me know which tou like better Pearlie.. I think I'd permanantly switch if GR did my blogroll.
ReplyDeleteKB,
ReplyDeleteI have not tried it out yet - I will do that ... soon ... I hope ... :)