It's 1/19/2014 here in the U.S.

Tomorrow is a nationally celebrated holiday. Some of us take the day off. Our government offices, banks, and many other businesses observe it's historical impact. Tomorrow is MLK's birthday.

Most Americans have no idea of who Martin Luther King really was or what he stood for. To me, he's an icon that deserves praise, admiration, and respect for his accomplishments.

He lost his life while fighting for what he believed in. That's an admirable quality in my opinion.

Yes

Use the OED birthday word generator to find out!
The  OED's birthday word generator is a simple tool to find words with a first known usage for each year from 1900 to 2004. Simply select the relevant decade and click on your birth year to discover a word which entered the English language that year:

OED BIRTHDAY WORD GENERATOR

So, Which word was added to the dictionary the year you were born? Check it out and then share it here :)

Here some  years and the words added:

1982
downloadable, adj.
Of dat

Traveler:

1- Killing the pawns missing the King!

Vision:

1- First civil wars in Islam

2- Was Muhammad really illiterate?

3- Prostate and Breast Cancer

4- A DISLIKE button is needed on Blogs

5- 4 easy riddles - for fun

Lady Noor:

1- Double Standard!

2- When You Love Me.......Why!!!!!

Expector 

1- Be creative or be careful

The good members here on EC do their "level best" to help learners while encouraging the spirit that resides within them.

"Catfights, romantic interest, and vendettas, have no place".

During my very brief time posting here, I've read many of your comments via blog or main chat. Some of those typed and very well pointed words have true purpose. A few of them don't.

My kindest advice would be this, "Write, type, and think, before pressing "SEND".

A well posted travelogue or sincere writing always spea

Happy Friday! (and advice of the day) :P

Let’s play “Master Mind “

I have modified the game for playing in a chat room .

How to play the game ?

1- In this game the leader think of a word with 5 or more  letters as a target word  ( eg  BLAME) .

2- Then  each player shoots a word with 5 letters ( eg  MAPLE)

3-The leader passes a two digit numbers the first digit shows how many letters of that word  are in the target word (4) And the second one shows how many letters are exactly in its right place (1).

as you see in the example L,A,M and E are

Animal Facts

Writing Prompt: It's Vs. Its

  In fact, I'm not a super fan of candies but I can say I enjoy eating sometimes a bar of white chocolate. Its flavour is very different of brown chocolate. It's like a milk in a bar shape. It's very soft, creamy and it's used to melt quickly inside mouth. It's advisable to consume a half of a brown chocolate bar, because it's good for heart health say doctors. Particulary, I don't like  brown chocolate because I think it's a strong taste. This way, brown chocolate an

Last night Tintin could not sleep properly, around 4 A.M she rose up. There was no chirping of morning birds. May be they were also in their deep sleep. Only the sound of a dripping tap was coming towards her ears and it was too annoying!  So, she got up and went towards the direction to stop it.

Tintin fears from darkness so, always  likes to sleep  with  a dim light. " But what's happened today, why there is darkness all around?" It seemed she felt stifle." I must see what is going on". As she

This is the continuance of My Perth Diary. This blog is dedicated to a friend of mine, "Yes WMW! You! There's no need to look at other people on your left or right, or even above or below you. It's just to tell you that I can write longer than longest. LOL"

Day One : 29th Dec 2013

Day Two : 30th Dec 2013

The four of us had decided to rent a car during our vacation in Perth. It's easier to move around between Cities. My friend had made an advance online booking with a car rental company in Perth. Th

Hello Friends

This is Nirav one of your friend. Again i m leaving English Club for my exam preparation for may 2014. I will miss all of my friends but study is first so i will reading and not have time to chat here

BYE BYE EVERYONE PLEASE DON'T FORGET ME

The journey is never easy.

What we say and how we post our sentiment here on EC can often be misinterpreted by others from different beliefs and cultures.

To me, "It's always good".., A healthy respect for learners and non native speakers is a prerequisite when considering what's posted.

If Noas wishes to post a travelogue of her visit to Australia, if Mickey writes about "The Captain", if Shaw chooses to share his creative paintings..etc...etc..

Please, give them the creative freedom to do so. This

If you want to do something big in your life, you must remember that shyness is only the mind". "If you think shy, you act shy. If you think confident you act confident. Therefore never let shyness conquer your mind.

Bill Gates wrote about her...

"Today is the black day of my life and same for Pakistan because I lost my princess colleague and Pakistan lost her Pakistani."
- Bill Gates.

May her soul rest in peace and a big heaven.

for more detail :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arfa_Karim

LEARN TO LISTEN - LISTEN TO LEARN 

"No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next." (Quote by Ed howe, an American novelist)

This is natural a human being (may be animal also) born with a desire “to be listened”, but to be listened, it is also obligatory that one should have the bearing to listen to others.

Just take your own example. You are with a group of friends and some conversation is going on. Just imagine what would be your feelings, when you find one of your frien

Oi there folks, 

             Some time ago, when I came back from the health resort, I complained to my cousin in Canada how life seems to have take a turn for the worse, and here is what he sent me to make me feel better - sorry, I have no idea where he got this cool text from, nor who is the witty author.

 AND THEN IT IS WINTER  

You know ... time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just married and embarking on my

Happiness is what everybody is looking for. My dear friends, I have a secret for you all I can tell you how to stay happy in life ?????????????

All of us want to be happy in life but we have never tried or searched for it ? We have never asked or make any efforts to make ourselves happy instead we have searched many other ways of making ourselves more & more busy and have started  escaping from our thoughts and pain. Facebook, Whatsapp, Music, TV, FM and Internet & many other websites like Englis

I like fruits. And you?. I thinks you also. So come hurry up to have one. Don't worried, everybody will get at least one. First come first serve. Wish you all the best.

YOUTUBE CHALLENGE: 'I TOLD MY KIDS I ATE ALL THEIR HALLOWEEN CANDY'

Jimmy Kimmel (American comedian and tv host) asked parents to pull a massive prank on their kids and pretend they ate all of their Halloween candy. Here are the results of this last year's Halloween Candy YouTube Challenge. Hilarious!! (i love the reaction of the last kid hehe)

As a flower blooms to greet the day, a butterfly dances to its own silent song, one we never hear, and the butterfly dances on. Where are we that we can miss such simple wonder, blind to the little things, a small world we do not hear, we do not see. We are a world within a world, a world of never ending beauty, a world trapped within our minds, but yet we don't open our minds to see.

Hi Everyone, many members know me very well. I'm Syed Faisal Ali from Pakistan, but staying in Saudi Arabia for last six years. One of my classmate from my college, who is also working in Saudi Arabia. But he lives in a different city. So we never met before in Saudi Arabia until last Friday, he told me that he really wants to meet me and spend the whole day with me.

So we both agreed to meet on last Friday, he informed me that he will take a bus to reach me. The bust stop is 25 KM away from my a