#funvocab

Internet sleng i nove engleske reči i skraćenice koje je dobro da znate

Love them or hate them, these are the newly created words and abbreviations on everyone’s lips, that is keyboards :) Perhaps the biggest slang term of 2014 was “bae”. “Bae” came from the English words baby and babe, which are both used to express affection (love) for your boyfriend or girlfriend. “Bae” is also used as an acronym for “before anyone else”. Pharrell made use of the popular word in…

Idiomi u engleskom jeziku – the elephant in the room

At some point we all face an issue or situation that’s commonly called “the elephant in the room”: an obvious truth that is either being ignored or not addressed.

Animal idiom: “The elephant in the room.” This means a big, obvious problem that everyone knows about but is too embarrassed or shy about mentioning.

Example: “We discussed the marketing campaign for hours, but the real elephant in the…

Find out why there is an “r” in Mrs.

There are a couple of odd things about the title Mrs. First, the word it stands for, missus, looks strange written out that way in full. In fact, except in the jokey context of “the missus,” meaning the wife, you almost never see it written out. “Missus Claus” looks far more awkward than “Mister Rogers.” Second, the abbreviation has an ‘r’ in it, and the word doesn’t. Why is there an ‘r’ in Mrs.?

Velika Britanija ubedljivo je najviše „profitirala“ kad je u pitanju odliv mozgova.

brain drain

noun informal noun: brain drain (odliv mozgova); plural noun: brain drains

the emigration of highly trained or intelligent people from a particular country.

the departure of educated or professional people from one country, economic sector, or field for another usually for better pay or living…

The Anglo-Saxon migration

Here’s how the English language got started:

After Roman troops withdrew from Britain in the early 5th century, three Germanic peoples — the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes — moved in and established kingdoms. They brought with them the Anglo-Saxon language, which combined with some Celtic and Latin words to create Old English. Old English was first spoken in the 5th century,…

Po prvi put najkorišćenija reč, zapravo nije reč – već grafički simbol! Emotikon u obliku srca pobedio je u godišnjoj anketi Global Language Monitora kao reč koja se više od milijardu puta koristila širom sveta.

Haštag (hashtag) i krvavi mesec (Blood Moon), efekat koji nastaje kao posledica pomračenja meseca, bili su među najčešće koršćenim rečima u 2014. godini posebno na blogovima, Tviteru,…

Reading in between the lines of what Londoners are saying is for our My LONDON program travelers and other verbalists studying in London just as important as understanding the words themselves. To better prepare you for our language travel to London, we bring you the complete and amazing guide to ‘British-isms’ :)

The most important tip for our students in London is queuing. British people would…

Kako se na srpskom nazivaju preci 16 kolena unazad? Donosimo srpski rodoslov

Српски сроднички односи проистичу из сродства (крвног, грађанског, тазбинског, пријатељског, духовног) и српски језик је врло богат речима када су у питању родбински односи. Неки термини се не могу наћи и превести у једној речи на многе друге језике, укључујући и друге словенске језике.

Постоје два начина за израчунавање (компутацију) крвног сродства: грађанско или цивилно израчунавање (лат. com…