Do you see a woman Hitler in your mother-in-law? If you do, then you must be good at anagrams. OK, let me not confuse you. All I mean to say is that if you rearrange the letters in ‘mother-in-law’, you get the phrase ‘woman Hitler’. Words or phrases like this are called anagrams. Find it interesting? Let’s embark upon the journey to discover the hidden meaning of some more words.
We use them in our day-to-day communication. Yet, most of us don’t know them by name. Words like because, and, if, else, then, etc. are called conjunction since they are used to (con)join sentences.
‘Because’ is one conjunction we use so often. Can you think of a sentence ending in ‘because’? If you do, do let me know because as of now, everybody thinks:
A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Did you notice something special about this sentence? It contains all 26 letters of english language, right from a to z. Sentences like this are called pangrams. Apart from being ‘fun to know’, pangrams are widely used in practicing typewriting. Don’t have a typewriter? Don’t worry, you can use them for sharpening your keyboard skills as well. 
I have collected some pangrams which look like any other normal sentence. Check out how long it takes you to type each one of them…
Which one is true? An apple a day keeps the doctor away – or – An onion a day keeps everbody away; Where there’s a will, there’s a way – or – If there is a “WILL”, there are 500 relatives. Probably all of them. Well, jokes apart, proverbs have been the carriers of wit for ages. Usage of proverbs makes the language rich and appealing. Nothing else can drive home a point as interestingly and efficiently like proverbs do. This post lists out some of the popular English proverbs.
Love, friendship and relationship not only make our life meaningful but the very existence of life is threatened without them. These are topics, so vast – no wonder that they have been defined & described by different people in a million different ways. Einstein ‘discovered’ that gravitation was not responsible for people falling in love. What say others? Check out in this collection of love, friendship and relationship quotes.
Some great people out there have made our life easy by summing up their success mantra in the form of simple, short quotes. These quotes serve as a source of guidance, inspiration and motivation since what worked for them should work for us as well. Didn’t somebody say – what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. So, here goes the collection of wise quotes. Read, enjoy and pay heed.
She kept you in her womb for 9 months. She fought with death to bring you in this world. She kissed you, hugged you, adored you… in between this you grew up when, she didn’t realise. Today, you are busy in your own world, hardly having any time for her. But she’s still worried about who’d look after you after she’s gone. For her, you’re still a child. Here are some quotes on this wonderful person called mother, whom the creator created to keep its creation going.
Goats grazing in the wild know well that lion is their enemy because it pounces upon them no sooner than it sees them. Same goats brought home and domesticated by man start considering him their friend. They know not that the very person who rears them & feeds them will slaughter them one day to satiate his taste buds. Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them (- Samuel Butler). Here are some great quotes on vegetarianism by some great personalities. This collection of quotes on vegetarianism is dedicated to the well being of all beings.
Non of us is virgin, life has screwed us all. I stumbled across this quote while vaguely browsing through Orkut profiles. I was driving hurriedly to the office one day when my eyes ran onto this: When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. (- Henny Youngman). And this one was seen on a T-shirt: I am a virgin (This is my old T-shirt). Quotes, at times can be so much fun. So, I thought why not share with you some funny quotes I’ve collected. This collection of funny quotes is dedicated to laughter, the panacea for all diseases…
Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers… So goes the popular English tongue twister… And what about the Hindi tongue twister – kachcha papad, pakka papad, kachcha papad, pakka papad… Well, popularity of tongue twisters is spread across all languages. Be it for diction improvement, sharpening skills to play around with words or just for fun, we all love them for one reason or the other. I have collected some English tongue twisters with all conscious efforts to include only the interesting ones. Hope, you’ll enjoy them.
