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I wanted to write a blog about British and American spelling, there are some differences, most are subtle.

Many words ending in 'our' in British English, are simplified to 'or' in American English, for example colour(British) becomes color(American).

Then there is 're' and 'er' at the ends of words, centre and center for example.

Sometimes it can be more complicated, like where 'ae' 'oe' and 'oeu' are found in British English, they are often replaced simply by 'e' 'o' or 'eu' in Amer

Narcist!  

The word glared at me from my computer screen as I was chatting.  How should I respond to such an exclamation?  Should I be angry?  Demand that the person be tarred and feathered and run out of EC on a rail?  Should I demand they be given a thousand lashes with a wet noodle?  Should I laugh and ask if they know what the word narcist means?

90+ % of the people who chat at EC do not speak natively fluent English.  In any group of people trying to use a foreign tongue, whether here or else

A question haunts me for a long while, just like a hard bone, not that easy for me to digest. <。)#)))≦

First of all, allow me to tell a story, and my questions will follow.

It happened during the Culture Revolution period (1966-1976). It was a crazy period, a sad time. An artist, who was often kind and helped people around him, fell into a plight.  He asked two men he believed to help him, one was the man he used to help a lot. the other was an American priest who helped him once. With the help of

To Chat or not to chat, that is the question

The chat room here is as good or as bad as you allow it to be.  Not every person who comes here to My EC comes with a good intention.  Not every person is a "good" person.  There are some who come to prey on others.  They enjoy abusing others or they are looking to take advantage or prey on others.  It is up to each person here whether this is allowed or not.  If you permit it, you become part of the problem because you are encouraging it.  Every time

 Hi everyone! This post I want to talk about a matter which I heard and readed  a couple of weeks ago on the TV newscast and Web portals, but that ocurred specifically on Monday February 17th .  This happening which my attention was focused on, it was the biggest solar storm came out by NASA through its non-manned probe SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) of 2013. The solar storms are explosions on the surface of the Sun due to temperature and pressure decrease of its volumes of fizzy mass in the r

What do you think the this photo?
What advice would you give to this fugitive?
 lol    :)

The difference between transitive and intransitive verbs is that transitive verbs take objects (direct and/or indirect), whereas intransitive verbs will not accept them.

This difference applies also to phrasal verbs (multi-word verbs that consist of a verb plus an adverbial particle).

1. Transitive phrasal verbs:
- They take an pbject.
- The particle may precede or follow the direct object:
"They turned on the lights" or "They turned the lights on"

- However, when the object is a pronoun, the parti

what's the longest word in English guys??

dose anyone know??

WELCOME TO PLANET NIBIRU

Alright, in this chance i will tell you about my spiritual experience.

Last week while each of you were celebrating Good Friday, i got message from nowhere, it said "come to me at 8 am tomorrow in your backyard, we will enjoy together , we have something as good as your planet, but dont be afraid about the people around there, brave your self, kid" and suddenly the paper was burnt.  o.O

Next day, i came to that place , and oh my God, i saw CROP CIRCLE on my grandpa's corn

   Life is a theatre and you must take part in the troupe. Don't be a spectator because the spectator pays, but this one who takes part in the theatre is rewarded.

      It  was said  by  Aeshilos in Ancient Greece.

No water, no food, nothing…What they had were just fears, darkness and a slim chance of survival. “Help…” with a feeble voice, Wenwen started to sob, she was scared. All these happened too suddenly  she didn’t even noticed what had happened. What she could remember was she was playing hide and seek with her cousins and she hid herself tightly in the dog house, which made her felt proud that she bet they couldn’t find her.

She couldn’t hear anyone. Where were her cousins? Where was granddad? Where

She is the one who knows it all

whenever you rise

whenever you fall

she is the one who knows it all

your all wise actions

your puerile reactions

she is the one who knows it all

the moments your rejoiced

the moments you sat poised

she is the one who knows it all

when you sobbed in solitude

when you outperformed with fortitude 

she is the one who knows it all

your wits, your traits

your passion in great

she is the one who knows it all

a teacher ,a mentor

 a guide you may call

who stands by your side

who gives you wi

Tie a yellow ribbon to the old oka tree

I'm coming home, I've done my time
Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine
If you received my letter
Telling you I'd soon be free
Then you'll know just what to do
If you still want me, if you still want me
Tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree
It's been three long years
Do you still want me
 If I don't see a ribbon around the old oak tree
 I'll stay on the bus, forget about us
Put the blame on me
If I don't see a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree
Bus drive

Many of you that may know me in here (EC Chat Room) know that the most strenuous exercises that I do are chewing my food and blinking my eyes. I am not an outdoor person. I would rather read books or just sleeping than walking in the park under the hot burning sun. 

So I was surprised even myself when a group of my friends invited me to join them climbing the Mount Kinabalu in Sabah and I said a BIG YES. It happened in 2007. I know.... I know ... you are going to say "But Noas, that was centuries

Following is a list of books selected by the readers of the BBC site as the best books.  I have indicated if I have read the book by writing "yes" beside it.  How many have you read?  Any favorites?

BBC Top 100

1.    The Lord of the Rings - Yes

2.    Pride and Prejudice -Yes

3.    His Dark Materials - Phillip Pullman - Yes

4.   The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams -    Yes

5.   Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Yes

6.   To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee – Yes

7.   Winnie the Pooh -

If you want to improve your spelling, visit the following link:

100 Most Often Misspelled Words in English

Good luck! 

This blog is in response to one on oxford dictionaries' website  Does spelling matter? blog.oxforddictionaries.com?   You can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spelling isn't everything. There are days when spelling

If it ain't fixed don't break it! :)  

Though there are flaws in the system, I think it is important for there to be a system.  Today English is the lingua franca of the world.  So there needs to be some standardization for all the

The winning captions for this photo are :

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Hello my EC members,

For today's WW, I would like to invite you to give a c