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Daniel Genovese

Author, Architect, Gamer

Blog posts May 2012

100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases

A friend of mine posted this on facebook, but I thought it worth mentioning here: http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/style-and-usage/mispron.html

Interesting article on mispronounced words and phrases, but I am skeptical of a few.  Are people really saying "a blessing in the skies" instead of "a ble…

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Something Lost in Translation

I moderate a forum for a game company and it, like many internet forums, is subjected to spam. These range from selling World of Warcraft gold to selling Russian brides. Yes...Russian brides. Sometimes amongst the spam you find a real gem. Here was one that was posted recently. There were links to dubious sites but I removed the links, leaving the text...which is why you will see some references to NFL jerseys.

I assume this was originally in another language and the "author" used something to auto-translate it. The result = hysterical.

So, here it is, in all its glory:

In fact, the house is so great, authentic nfl jerseys why go to summer Seoul home, the Secretary homework? There is also the story.

Saying many do not want to go home after school, ranking you bamboo will rock to a half floor, and then stay for waited a long time, then ranks you bamboo is still the elite schools, though usually not a good student, but she has been trying to does not aim at, but they try, the daily operations or total sell teachers face it.

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Holding on to Youth

I was just having a discussion with a friend about how almost every agent wants Young Adult (no epic adult fantasy, thank you), when it seems fewer young adults are actually reading books.

My thought was that it isn't young adults reading such books...it is adults. Adults are eating up Harry Potter…

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May the 4th Be With You

Studying the Obvious, They Still Miss the Mark

Saw this linked on Blues NewsVideo games can teach how to shoot guns more accurately and aim for the head

In other news, people who play golf video games using actual golf clubs tend to do better when playing real golf than those who use gamepads. /rolleyes

Really, we needed a study for this? If…

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