Curse you internet!
I was grading my students' tests today and a couple of them put "loose" as the antonym of "find". Sigh. That's a pet peeve of mine, but I also felt bad marking them off for it since so many Americans make that mistake. (i gave them half credit) Then I was looking around YouTube for gymnastics vids* and found this lovely gem.
this makes ne so proud i chose gym its so hard but it means u getting better and stronger my coach is so strict but i know that her just trying to make our dreamz cum true
*wince* I'm pretty sure that's a native speaker. It's rather depressing trying to teach my students to improve their English when, at the Intermediate level, they're better than this person. I know my internet language isn't perfect, but...ugh.
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Viu7U8_IhD4 Wait, there are seriously people that think that's easy? Man, I was pretty excited the first time I touched my toes, or when I catch something thrown to me from a couple feet away. The comments on these vids are so bratty, it's ridiculous. I prefer artistic gymnastics (is it just me or do those names seem backwards?) but still, respect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XcdMpKsVXs&feature=related Hot damn. I wish I could date a gymnast, just so I could sit there and watch them do pretty things all day. And then have their babies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m-_2fEp62s More silly, less awesome. Worth it for the little striptease at 2:25.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoMrmXk0Cws Pretty dec montage in the second half.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4zLJI6fwR8 MA gymnastics. Too many backflips, but some stuff I hadn't seen before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUC1JMdaIss&feature=related Beam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DLgWF5lc7A&NR=1 Beam mounts.
this makes ne so proud i chose gym its so hard but it means u getting better and stronger my coach is so strict but i know that her just trying to make our dreamz cum true
*wince* I'm pretty sure that's a native speaker. It's rather depressing trying to teach my students to improve their English when, at the Intermediate level, they're better than this person. I know my internet language isn't perfect, but...ugh.
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Viu7U8_IhD4 Wait, there are seriously people that think that's easy? Man, I was pretty excited the first time I touched my toes, or when I catch something thrown to me from a couple feet away. The comments on these vids are so bratty, it's ridiculous. I prefer artistic gymnastics (is it just me or do those names seem backwards?) but still, respect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XcdMpKsVXs&feature=related Hot damn. I wish I could date a gymnast, just so I could sit there and watch them do pretty things all day. And then have their babies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m-_2fEp62s More silly, less awesome. Worth it for the little striptease at 2:25.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoMrmXk0Cws Pretty dec montage in the second half.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4zLJI6fwR8 MA gymnastics. Too many backflips, but some stuff I hadn't seen before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUC1JMdaIss&feature=related Beam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DLgWF5lc7A&NR=1 Beam mounts.