I would sign up for that...

I can dominate the English language...Mi Espanol es muy bueno.

Mein Deutsch ist zehr gut!

Mein Deutsch ist zehr gut!

 

I'm working on it. Rosetta Stoned myself to ordering breakfast...now if I can talk to the French girls in their pigeon German about equipment that needs help without them inferring I want them to do something untoward.

For hours, Sewell and his drill sergeants urge on helmeted trainees as they whale away at each other with pugil sticks, landing head and body blows until one falls flat on the ground. As a victor slams away at his flattened foe, a drill sergeant whistles the fight to a halt.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_new_basic_training

 

What is wrong with journalists today? Whale away? REALLY...

 

whale

1? ?/?we?l, we?l/ Show Spelled [hweyl, weyl] Show IPA noun,pluralwhales, (especially collectively) whale, verb,whaled, whal

For hours, Sewell and his drill sergeants urge on helmeted trainees as they whale away at each other with pugil sticks, landing head and body blows until one falls flat on the ground. As a victor slams away at his flattened foe, a drill sergeant whistles the fight to a halt.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_new_basic_training

 

What is wrong with journalists today? Whale away? REALLY...

 

whale

1? ?/?we?l, we?l/ Show Spelled [hweyl, weyl] Show IPA noun,pluralwhales, (especially collectively) whale, verb,whaled, whal

Patricia T. O'Conner is my hero! She's the first celebrity I ever emailed. I was amazed that she was gracious enough to answer me back that same evening. Yes, my mother was an English teacher (nicknamed Conan the Grammarian) so I consider folks like Ms. O'Conner celebs.

 

http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/

 

--Daniel