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Tripe used to be the stuff we fed our dog. Would get it cheap at the butchers and mom would cut it into pieces, freeze it and the dog would get it with some oats sprinkled on it. It would stink terribly. Then, one vacation we took a trip to Italy and my mother was shocked and disgusted when she discovered that they had food trucks selling it like we do french fries.
 
It (tripe) was once promised by an ancient chinese waitress in a very good/well known dim sum place in T.O. to be a "great/wonderful/we'd really enjoy it" dish.

Jessie and I did not enjoy it. White rubber bands with an odd taste and a few green onions on them does not a "wonderful" experience make.
 
KayTheCurler said:
Chicken feet - gizzards - tripe - stinging nettles...……………..
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Ragu in deed ...

Need for survival can drive the conception!

Can folks swallow crap if they believe they have learned enough chit of difficulty?

Hard info is like that ... alien ...
 
Today's our first "Friday Market" at my academy. The students can exchange coupons that they've earned over the past two week for candy.

So much for the "no eating in class" rule. :D
 
In certain castes no thoughts are to be consumed ...

Augustine, Origin, Jerome, etc. suggested common folk should know ... thus this was lost by digestion ... or denial!

Free choice! Some deny everything unknown as strange is repulsive thought! They come in lumps ... suites of thought as mythical bumps in the dark ...
 
A couple of my students used the f-word in class this past week. After doing so, they each gave me a look like they thought I might throttle them. Actually, given the circumstances, I didn't mind at all.

One was quoting lyrics from a favorite song. The other was guessing what word another student had chosen in a game of Hangman.

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Should have some interesting pics to post tomorrow - the fam's going on a trip to Lotteworld - an indoor amusement park.
 
Jae said:
A couple of my students used the f-word in class this past week. After doing so, they each gave me a look like they thought I might throttle them. Actually, given the circumstances, I didn't mind at all.

One was quoting lyrics from a favorite song. The other was guessing what word another student had chosen in a game of Hangman.

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Should have some interesting pics to post tomorrow - the fam's going on a trip to Lotteworld - an indoor amusement park.
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What a good occasion to teach them that if they are planning a career in tnternational business they better not use that kid of language.
 
Jae said:
That's a good tip Mrs. A., because no business person ever uses the f-word at work.
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I think that could be a good discussion and you could learn in exchange the korean words one should better not say. Are they also of sexual matter or are they more insulting family values , like “ son of a ....”. Could be interesting. However, it might be beyond what you are supposed to teach and you should check with the other teachers before discussing things that freely.
 
Mrs.Anteater said:
What a good occasion to teach them that if they are planning a career in tnternational business they better not use that kid of language.
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An inability to understand or employ swear words in a business context would be put someone at a disadvantage.

Give them the tools to understand where it's appropriate. Teach them to read the room and the situation. Teach them all the varied uses of "f***" as a noun, verb and adjective. It is perhaps the most versatile word in the English language, and it is growing in acceptance. Note the common "f*** Cancer" stickers and the backfiring of the attempted shaming of the congresswoman who said out loud what everyone is thinking, that they should "impeach the motherf***er."

Vulgarities are the natural linguistic reactions to observing vulgar things, like the motherf***ing President of the United States. If we want to reduce the use of vulgar language, shame those who make the language necessary, not the people who use it in context.
 
I beg to differ. Vulgarities are automatic linguistic expressions in expressing anger or trying to degrade people. ( for other reasons). Of course, people should be aware of them and know what they mean. It is questionable if expressing anger in such way is something beneficial to the individual or the society.
 
Mrs.Anteater said:
I beg to differ. Vulgarities are automatic linguistic expressions in expressing anger or trying to degrade people. ( for other reasons). Of course, people should be aware of them and know what they mean. It is questionable if expressing anger in such way is something beneficial to the individual or the society.
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Neither of my students was expressing anger though. The f-word is not limited to angry times.
 
Remember only lesser people need to be degraded to induce fear and anger and separate the parts of the mind that make a person balanced ....

Some heir ups wouldn't like that ... as is said in various places ... the common folks shouldn't know! As this has been taken to extremes in the strangest places ...
 
Mrs.Anteater said:
I beg to differ. Vulgarities are automatic linguistic expressions in expressing anger or trying to degrade people. ( for other reasons). Of course, people should be aware of them and know what they mean. It is questionable if expressing anger in such way is something beneficial to the individual or the society.
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The generation occupying executive offices now grew up with chansen's outlook. The F word isn't just for labourers anymore. I have heard a CFO of a decent sized corporation swear like a trooper in a meeting. He's younger than me, maybe 40ish. Yes, I was a bit shocked but he is a damn fine accountant and executive so I can live with the odd F bomb. So being aware of and used to hearing that language probably isn't a bad idea.
 
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