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alkhader

alkhader

United Kingdom

September 2, 2007

When you are together with that special someone, you pretend to ignore
that person. But when that special someone is not around, you might look around
to find them.
At that moment, you are in love.
 



Although there is someone else who always makes you laugh,
your eyes and attention might go only to that special someone.
Then, you are in love.



Although that special someone was supposed to have called you long back,
to let you know of their safe arrival,

your phone is quiet.
You are desperately waiting for the call!
At that moment, you are in love.



 

If you are much more excited for one short e-mail from
that special someone than other many long e-mails,
you are in love.
 


When you find yourself as one who cannot erase all the
emails or SMS messages in your phone because of one message
from that special someone, you are in love.




When you get a couple of free movie tickets, you would
not hesitate to think of that special someone.
Then, you are in love.



You keep telling yourself, "that special someone is just a friend",but
you realize that you can not avoid that person's special attraction. At that
moment, you are in love.



While you are reading this mail, if someone
appears in your mind,
then u are in love with that person...;))
   

02:19 AM Sep 04 2007

alkhader

alkhader
United Kingdom

Really!!! is he? Bye the way, If you want this collection with it's containe picture just try to contact me on my yahoo e-mail

regards,

alkhader

01:43 AM Sep 03 2007

Sylvialai
China

yes, that's my specail someone

July 20, 2007

Putting Down Putdowns

Jul 20 2007

Intro

Sometimes it’s easy to say something hurtful without intending to. Kids often tease their friends and call them names but it’s no big deal. But sometimes when they intend to say something mean to one of their friends, they end up insulting a whole group of people.

Marni: So I work with kids.

Mason:  Yeah.

Marni:  And I notice the way kids speak to each other and there’s sort of this really common…well, kids use it as an insult when they’re talking to somebody and saying, “You’re retarded.”

Mason:  Oh I used to say that.

Marni:  Well…

Mason:  I mean…

Marni:  But, you know, I think in this day and age it’s absolutely unacceptable.

Mason:  It’s, well…It’s a sensitive issue. I don’t think you’re going to stop people from saying that or other things that you and I may think as mature adults are inappropriate.

Marni:  Um-hm.

Mason:  There’s just kind of…At the same time that something’s derogatory and slang-ish and kind of putting down someone else, it’s also kind of a way to build a kinship. You know, like if you can call someone that. Like the stereotype would be frat boys, “Oh dude, you’re so gay.” Like remember that scene in The 40-Year-Old Virgin it’s like, “You know how I can tell you’re gay? ‘Cause you do this…” And the guy’s like, “Okay, but you know you’re gay…” And it’s a really endearing scene so something…there’s a way to kind of turn it around.

Marni:  Well, it’s about how the language is used, but I think that there are…You know when you’re really talking about people that you need to be really conscious of that and you refer to people as “mentally challenged,” “developmentally disabled…”

Mason:  See, to me those almost sound worse, you know?

Marni:  Why?

Mason:  It seems like you’re jumping through so many hoops to step on eggshells about it. I don’t know I almost…

Marni:  I don’t know. I think it’s something we have to think about as a society.

 

Discussion

Marni works with kids and she has heard them call one another “retarded.” Mentally disabled people are sometimes called “retarded,” but it’s not a nice thing to call them. It can also be hurtful to mentally disabled people when non-disabled people use the word “retarded” as an insult.

Mason says that he used to say “retarded” and that he doesn’t think there’s any way to stop people from saying it. He also doesn’t think it’s necessarily all that bad of a thing to say. He mentions a scene in the movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin in which two characters make a series of jokes beginning with “You know how I can tell you’re gay?” Mason says the scene is funny even though frat boys often use “gay” as an insult, which many homosexual people find offensive.

Marni reminds Mason that terms like “retarded” and “gay” refer to people and that we should be careful not to use them as insults. Plus, it’s almost never appropriate to say “retarded.” “Developmentally disabled” and “mentally disabled” are more acceptable.

Mason says that he thinks terms like “developmentally disabled” are worse than “retarded” because it’s clear that you’re going out of way to be careful. Marni completely disagrees.

Do you ever hear people say “retarded” or “gay” as insults? Does it upset you?

Grammar Point

“Jumping through hoops,” “stepping on eggshells,” and “going out of your way” are all phrases that mean doing something you wouldn’t normally do because of special, sensitive circumstances. More specifically, “stepping on eggshells” means being very careful not to offend. You can imagine how carefully you would have to walk if you were walking on eggshells.

Also notice how Mason adds “ish” at the end of “slang.” Here’s a lesson an English, baby! member wrote about adding “ish” at the end of words. Did you know you can make your own lessons now? It’s easy. Click here

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