tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493437990574291998.post2928502343671406099..comments2023-10-15T05:04:21.811-04:00Comments on The Mind of Dr. Pion: English?Doctor Pionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513786840852469648noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493437990574291998.post-83986166135151008192010-09-09T14:20:25.284-04:002010-09-09T14:20:25.284-04:00I've been writing a blog on British/American E...I've been writing a blog on British/American English differences for a few years now (GoogleAlerts let me know that you used the 'separated...' phrase). You might find it interesting if you like these kinds of things. I ran a little competition for the most opaque British or American English tweet a while ago, and it was a cricket tweet that 'won' the competition: http://bit.ly/b7NV9n<br /><br />Baseball probably isn't quite as opaque to the British, as they play a similar game called 'rounders' (which they regard as a sort of girly cricket), though the stats terms and such would probably stump most cricket followers (and that's kind of a pun...).lynneguisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493437990574291998.post-35040379114116387582010-09-07T20:09:44.084-04:002010-09-07T20:09:44.084-04:00This is not a minor problem when you teach physics...This is not a minor problem when you teach physics to a diverse group of students. Homework problems that take for granted the seemingly simple meaning of "pitching" a ball can be quite mysterious to foreign students who come out of the British English speaking world (such as India and significant parts of Africa).Doctor Pionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12513786840852469648noreply@blogger.com