Aren't you just sick of using the same words over and over again? Would you like to impress and befuddle your friends and acquaintances with current slang? Well, worry no more! With my comprehensive guide to Philadelphia slang, you will be hanging out at the corner store in your pajamas in no time!

Let's start with the most basic unit of slang: jawn ( Read more... )

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In Spanish, there is no one word to say "brown." Instead, there are words describing what type of brown you are talking about--chestnut, coffee-colored, maroon, cinnamon, almond. There are two versions of "to be": one describes permanent states of being, like where you are from, aspects of your personality, and the other is used to describe passing ( Read more... )

Ever feel like your brain needs a break?

I'm a little obsessive and a little perfectionist, and this semester I promised myself I would try my hardest in each class, no matter how disinterested I was in the material. And I've remained true to that. Even though I'm so tired in the mornings I feel like puking, I still get up and look nice and go to ( Read more... )

Finally I am able to understand the word my grandmother always shouted right before she smacked us! "Schiaffo" from "schiaffare"--to slap. Duh! For some reason, all the translators I put it into never came up with that ( Read more... )

Even though I said I'd never take a summer class again, the tall one and I were thinking that, if I can find an Italian course to take at STCC during the summer, we can sign up together. Hopefully there will be an earlyyyy morning or night class so that it doesn't interrupt huge chunks of the day. I am so psyched; I can't wait for the summer ( Read more... )

I was working the grill today (oh, so un-ladylike) and happened to go up front to get something. A man walked up to me, and I directed him to the cashier, but not before he had glanced at my nametag. I stepped into the walk-in fridge to get something else, when the cashier came to find me, and said, "Uh...a man up front wants to talk to you ( Read more... )

Today was the first day I could go outside comfortably, without the biting cold. Oh, I have never been so happy to see March come in--even if it gets cold again, daylight savings time is this week, which will make the weather more tolerable...it's much easier to get up when the sun is awake, too ( Read more... )

At work there is a Creole woman named Marie. She knows only very basic English (e.g. hello, please, thank you, and some McDonald's English, as we say) but speaks fluent French Creole and Spanish. I know enough French to have conversations and communicate with her, but I am reluctant to do so because I don't know which pronoun to use with her. ( Read more... )

This weekend both rocks and sucks. I had/have to work Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (which means I close three days in a row) but I'm relieving and not opening, so I get to go in at 11 today which means my all time record at being up at or before 6 for three straight weeks has finally been broken. It would have been better if I wasn't woken up at 7 ( Read more... )