Fun with Words

Getting Helping Hand From a Rookie Latin to English Translator

If you’ve ever tried to use a If you’ve ever tried to use a Latin to English translator it can be an absolute dream come true when your English speaking abilities are not your best attribute. I was playing around with some new speech software today and thought I would help you get the most our of your Latin to English translation or the fun of it, check out the Latin to English translations with voice pronunciations at the bottom.

A Little Latin History

Latin really is a beautiful language that is becoming more and more popular in the wester-English speaking populous. For example 148,000 students applied to take the National Latin Exam last year www.nle.org. In the 1600′ Latin started to slowly decline as a language. That was after being a speech communication dialect for over 2200 years.

Most people believe that Latin was orientated in Rome in the 800’s but that is not true. Latin was originally a German Language. It became a Language that began to borrow terms from other language sources such as French and in the 1600′ s was influenced by England.

In fact, 60% of English words are derivatives of Latin. Latin provides a good road map into the English speaking language.

Helping with Latin to English Translations

My Latin Friends always ask for a Latin to English translator

So I volunteer. Hey Latinos take advantage of the websites out here that have lots of “English Speaking” help for you. I am not Latin myself but a few of my friend are. I do not speak with a Latin tongue but my English language skills are good. I work with my Latino friends a fair bit as a Latin to English translator. They love it and so do I, especially over a few beers.

Use an Online Latin to English Translator

Latin translation tools can be found all over the web. My friends use them allot and tell me they are very accurate. These are the ones they like using the most:

Free Online English to Latin Translators

English to Latin Dictionary

Latin word-list (Hypertext version)
A Latin English translator can be very helpful when you are just beginning to learn how to speak and understand English. English Latin translation is much easier than many other languages because of the English basis. It is easy and fun to learn both. With the amount of Latin I am learning it’s really amazing how much similarity there is to English.

Below I have created a few voice files of some commonly used Latin terms to help out with pronunciations.

From Head to Heel, Completely
With An Even Stronger Reason
Inductive Reasoning, From Effect to Cause
Deductive Reasoning, From Cause to Effect
From The Possible To the Actual
From The Bottom of the Heart
From The Egg to the Apples (Beginning To End)
From The Past One Can Infer the Future
Wool from an Ass Blood from a Stone
He or She Is Absent
May the Omen Be Absent, God Forbid?
Nisi Coram Doe, No One Is Bound To Accuse Himself, Unless He Is Before God
Act Of God
From The Foundation of the City (753 BC)
Personal or Related To the Individual
Without An End, To Infinity, Without Limit
At Pleasure or Extemporaneously
To The Point Of Sickness or Disgust
According To Value
For External Use
In Short; In A Word
To Which; For Which
At The Place, At a Specific Location
To The Letter; In a Precise Manner
Faithful to the End
To This
To The Point Of Sickness or Disgust

John

High Frequency Words and Tongue Twisters

Do you think you may have a problem with vocabulary words but are afraid to admit it to yourself? Have you been feeling at a lose for words lately, or experienced stumbling to find vocabulary words? Here are some ways to enhance your ability to use language, as well as some words commonly used to keep you and your friends on your toes.

Words in Red are the Highest Frequency

• Percent, percentage, percentages
  Percent holds the largest wide spread usage with this word chain.
• Consistent, consistently, consisting, consists, inconsistencies, inconsistency, inconsistent, constitute, constituencies, constituency, constituent, constituents, constituted, constitutes, constituting, constitution, constitutions
  Consistent has got the most uniform usage regarding this phraseology formation.
• Function, functional, functionally, functioned, functioning, functions, identify, identifiable, identification
  Function has got the top use from this dictionary word gang.
• Response, responses, responsive, responsiveness, unresponsive
  The word with the highest repetitiveness is response.
• Interpretation, interpretations, interpretative, interpreted, interpreting, interpretive, interprets, misinterpret, misinterpretation, misinterpretations, misinterpreted, misinterpreting, misinterprets, reinterpret, reinterpreted, reinterprets, reinterpreting, reinterpretation, reinterpretations, involve
  The current English word possessing the highest commonness of utilization is interpretation.
• Context, contexts, contextual, contextualize, contextualized, contextualizing, uncontextualised, contextualize, contextualized, contextualizing, uncontextualized
  The current English word possessing the highest commonness of usage is context.
• Area, areas, assess, assessable, assessed, assesses, assessing
  The current dictionary word bearing the most abundance of usage is area.
• Legal, illegal, illegality, illegally, legality, legally, legislate, legislated, legislates, legislating
  The present dictionary word with the highest density of utilization is legal.

English Slang

Sayings That People Use

Even though it seems really easy to master when you listen to an English person speak, there are many things that you want to understand about many of the words that are commonly used. In reality, allot of the info that you’ll need to get better insights is to learn can be found in high frequency words and English Idioms. Before you buy your first English learning product, look around the web and learn a few idiom definitions as well. Here’s a few humorous English proverbs to get you started…

Put Away Verb Put Something In its Usual or Proper Place
Run Out (Of) Verb Finish the Supply of Something
Show Them around Verb Give Them a Tour
String a Line Verb to Create a Story
Tear Out (Of) Verb Remove a Page from a Book or Notebook

Famous Tongue Twisters

True Tongue Tornados

If you’ve ever tried to use language in the work place and stumble for words your are not pumping your brain enough with new vocabulary words. Visit a few vocabulary words sites and pick up new language words. Reviewing high frequency words and tongue twisters is an absolute challenge and will improve your speech. No stumbling on vocabulary words, no improper use of language, no miscommunication. To help you get the most our of your vocabulary, repeat these tongue twisters below.

• Two toads, totally tired.
• Peggy Babcock.
• SIXTH SICK SHEIK’S SIXTH SICK SHEEP
• Will you, William?
• What time does the wristwatch strap shop shut?
• The blue bluebird blinks.
• Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.
• When a doctor falls ill another doctor doctor’s the doctor.
• Preshrunk silk shirts
• Greek grapes.

Hey don’t stop there. Try a few challenging crossword puzzles. These crossword puzzles are puzzle games that you can solve on your computer. When your done you can print the puzzle game out so you can study the completed results for learning later.

Ever wonder about weird stuff? You know, the kind of facts that few people think of.

A Wood Called Cedar

Do you have a patio deck? Did you know Cedar is naturally a long lasting, almost carefree type of wood? There are several types of a Cedar wood like Deodar Cedar, Atlas cedar, Turkish Cedar, Lebanese Cedar and Cyprus Cedar. You can buy Cedar at the majority of home improvement outlets or lumber yards. Nature has provided this durable wood that has lasted three thousand years, which speaks volumes.

Coffee Facts

Tim Horton’s, Country Style, Duncan’s, and Coffee Time the list goes on. Millions of people are sipping on a cup as I write this article. Go to any local grocery store and pick up your own fine grind. It is prepared from the roasted seeds, more commonly referred to as coffee beans. Out of all of the tap water dispensed in the world, coffee accounts for roughly 1/3. Coffee is in the top 2 products that are most frequently exported. Most coffee buffs believe that the coffee drinking idea was first thought of in the moorland of Ethiopia then through Europe and Egypt. Coffee means wine or other influencing liquors and originated from the Arabic word Qah’wa, which is a Turkish word.

Cats Facts

When a feline has his tail up in the air it is a signal of happiness, the opposite generally applies if the tail points down. When cats get really happy they can sit on your lap and inject their claws in your legs as a sign of affection, ouch. Pigs, sheep, and horses are where catgut comes from. Cats are main meat eaters they can not live on vegetables. Cat’s whiskers are used to move around, to detect when things that move and to judge sizes of obstacles. They are also a signifier of your cat’s mood, when they are back cats are angry and when they are straight out they are in a good mood for now.

Crazy Facts

• More than 5 million people died in car accidents by 1950 within the USA.
• Duck’s quacks don’t echo and no one understands why.
• Human hearts can beat roughly of two billion beats within a life.
• One in every 10 oysters make pearls, the one’s of any worth are observed in just 1 over 50.
• Jewelry consumers account for roughly 85% of the gold mined.
• Horseshoe crabs have one thousand lenses together with one thousand daylight receptors in their eyes.
• Humans have got roughly 150 million light receptors in each eyeball.
• The majority of U.S. automobile horns beep to the key of F, so does the telephone dialing tone.
• On the law of averages, right-handed individuals enjoy life 9 years longer than lefties.
• Because of erosion Niagara Falls moves back two and a half feet each year.
• In 1996, one hundred thousand public schools in the U. S. spent a total of 4.2 billion on computers.
• One of the largest seabirds is a Frigate. It can achieve flight around ninety-eight M.P.H.
• Peas are the most commonly consumed vegetable, next to potatoes in the US.
• Folks fear spiders more than death itself, commonly.
• Just about $450 is expended to advertise for each automobile sold within the USA.
• An average of one in 10,000 eggs has the Salmonella bacteria.
• An ant can carry 50 times their body weight.
• 350 Miles per hour are the planet Mar’s highest known winds.
• Human beings produce roughly 100,000 hairs on their head.
• Each month college people devour sixty million slices of pizza within the U. S.
• The current main reason for hospitality fires is oil and/or grease.
• In the year 1997 Americans spent 28 billion on their lawns.
• In Iceland people consume More Coke (the drink) per person as opposed to any other country.
• A teenage mother supplies birth to one in 8 kids given birth to in the United States of America.
• North America will rise one thousand meters on the condition that all of the ice throughout Antarctica thawed out.
• Leaches are able to last for 6 months after eating.
• When’s the last time you saw shining frog? That is due to the fact that they can devour a plethora of fireflies and actually light-up themselves.

BTW, if you have any more facts that fall within the description of silly, stupid or rarely heard facts please feel free to post them.

All the best

J

Standard English is the world’s universal language. There are all sorts of words that effect emotions and the way you respond. There different types of English such as Business English, British English, slang English or Broken English. When English is taught the most common type of English used is British English. Some of the most common countries it is taught in include Australia, Hong Kong, India, Singapore and South Africa.

This language has some pretty crazy words that are a lot of fun. These words are fun because they are difficult to pronounce, rarely spoken or have funny meanings. Shown below is a list of such word types. I have also included a link to a dictionary website so you can check-out what they actually mean. Did you know Otorhinolaryngology deals with a type of medicine that is about diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the ear, nose, and throat?

Check these funny words out

Just for the fun of it, take a word that you are absolutely not familiar with and learn the meaning by clicking the link. Now try to use it in a sentence.

“I have a sore throat and have to see an Otorhinolaryngology specialist”

Try it a few times and learn new words that are rarely spoken. The next time you are at a social gathering use them. See how smart your friends really are!

By expanding your vocabulary on a daily basis words can serve as brain candy, not to mention you are learning more about the most in depth language in the world. Most importanly, have fun with it!