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Monday, May 9

Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!

Hello my class-in-waiting!

I have created our own weblog and you might want to check out the previous IELTS weblogs that we had in March and April, they are:

www.ieltsmagic.blogspot.com (class of March/April 2005)

www.ieltswords.blogspot.com (class of April / May 2005)

So, welcome aboard and please, please, please start commenting and posting - you'll never look back!

Delighted to make your acquaintance!

Tony

posted by Tony Beale at 9:15 PM

13 Comments:

  • Oh heLLOOO!!

    Privileged and honoured are the words which come near in expressing my feelings for being invited to this blog.

    This fantastic creative tool by Sir Tony will help us all to overcome the ielts exam.

    God..i feel ancient already;)

    By Blogger Mubs, at 9:24 AM  

  • feelings are mutual M.Saeed :)

    we need people like you,Yasmeen and Afaq constantly for help and corrections.

    Before joining for ielts i was doing 3 months beauty course with the Abu dhabi women association.Arab and local women always had problem remembering and pronouncing my name...which lead to the discovery of a new name for me-Mabroka.

    i was thinking(iam such a thinker)...after getting over with this ielts monster, why don't we all meet up some for a NON-ielts chat.
    What do you reckon?

    By Blogger Mubs, at 11:09 PM  

  • Oh btw, since our ielts-words site is redundant, where should i post my essays and queries?

    Should i start using this site or continue posting on the old weblog?

    Secondly, what is the plural for hair?
    we were having this debate at home and Mum kept saying that we DO have a word -hair's.
    For instance: hair's splitting which is also written in the dictionary.
    But i suggested that we cannot use it as,e.g.
    1.She has lots of hairs.
    2.Her hairs are black.

    Authentic Comments?

    By Blogger Mubs, at 11:14 PM  

  • The oracle is about to speak:

    1.YEAH post stuff on the new weblog, the others are a waste of time

    2. Hair is usually uncountable, BUT there are exceptions as in:

    'Don't harm a hair of his head...'
    'The hairs on the back of my neck stood up (i.e. the individual hair follicles)

    So I think your dear mother is splitting hairs (no apostrophe, PLEASE!), but it is heartening that you all care about correct usage. Btw my dictionary refers to "hair-splitting".

    Now can you all stop arguing and have some cocao before you retire for the night?

    The oracle is off to dreamland...

    By Blogger Tony Beale, at 11:29 PM  

  • lol
    words of wisdom from dear sir.
    I would be preparing tomorrow for my speaking mock exam to be held on Thursday.
    I was going through this site today:
    http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/thesis.htm

    It was mentioned in one of the postings on i-magic by M.Saeed.

    Cool site!

    **Sir, did you mean cocoa? i have never heard nor read this word "cocao"?


    catch you all tomorrow!

    By Blogger Mubs, at 1:02 AM  

  • Darn it Mubs, that's how they spell it in French!

    I had noticed a Tony Blair "toMMorrow" in your i-magic posting, but was too nice to point it out to you.

    Evidemment, ca marche pas comme ca avec toi, malheureusement!

    Bonne chance

    By Blogger Tony Beale, at 7:29 AM  

  • :)

    yes sir, i agree to that error.

    I was listening to my sister narrate non-stop on how her day went at school.At the very same time i was trying to type out tomorrow which ended in tommorrow.

    By Blogger Mubs, at 8:10 AM  

  • Yasmeen:who's comments tickle your laughing bone? You did not mention any name.
    i can very well imagine what state you are going to be when the kids show up.I have managed upto 28,7year olds at one time, for a full year and than another batch followed.
    The experience was just mind blowing and surprisingly i relish every moment of it.

    Just keep checking on us whenever you get time:)

    Saeed: a name is a name.But with friends, it becomes nick:)
    Believe me, i have had several other severe twists to my name.
    But doesnt it sound bit odd calling someone congratulations/congratulations all the time, like the arab ladies in my beauty class did?
    I guess my name was too heavy for them to digest.
    Enjoy alexandria....isnt it a grand name..wonder what it means?
    How's Frida? is she one of those chubby toddlers or the really chubby ones who dont have a balance and keep falling sideways whilst sitting?

    :) Be Saeed(translation=be happy)

    By Blogger Mubs, at 10:30 PM  

  • Wahay!

    The serious bloggers are at it!

    Mohammed, remember when I asked you if you had a 'back-up' for all those vital phone numbers? ...

    Good luck for the i-magic candidates - Go "Don" Tony and Ehab!

    I-words people are missing a golden opportunity.

    As for the "an" before acronyms, my initial reaction is NO - keep "an" for acronyms beginning with a vowel. When you are writing, keep to writing conventions. OK, we say "I'm doing 'an' MBA" - but it still looks odd to write " an FMCG company". I have to check my bible "The Oxford Style Manual" which is in my office in the desert. Stand by on that one, I'll also ask the fellow oracle in my office, who is a very particular guy.

    Spot on with the derivation of "Alexandria" in Egypt, Afaq. Alexander or "Iskander" as he's called in the Middle East also founded another 10-12 (?) Alexandrias - including one in Iraq, south of Baghdad. I've just finished the second volume of Valerio Manfredi's trilogy of novels about Alexander's exploits - it is an amazing read. Manfredi is an Italian historian by profession. At the end of this second volume, Alexander has just been to the oracle at Siwa and ordered the founding of Alexandria. All quite apt for me, the oracle of i-match and Mohammed being in Alexandria at this moment.

    bfn

    off for a swim and to see my fab library at the Club - I gave a speech last night when the Brit Ambassador officially opened the new library. Then we had opera singers and canapes and drinks - very swish!

    seize the weekend you guys

    good luck for the mock speaking Mubs and Afaq, Katy too?

    By Blogger Tony Beale, at 10:08 AM  

  • Good advice Yasmeen.
    Saeed, if a mishap has taken place and can not be fixed ..than forget it.Try to keep your laptop and other valuables safe, as we have devious minded people back home, who perceive us as walking/talking BIG BUcK$$ rather than normal people.

    Comments on other things..later on today.

    Off for the test in 20min.
    (mock test i mean :) )

    **Take a deeeep breath in.....exhale out....

    By Blogger Mubs, at 2:18 PM  

  • Welcome young Jithu!

    It's my pleasure to see that you are the first of the new class to:

    1. accept the blog invitation
    2. make a comment

    Come on the 16! No potatoes please!

    cu l8r
    tony

    By Blogger Tony Beale, at 5:30 PM  

  • iam afraid i do not know what we call a person who cannot taste.
    never really thought of this.
    Perhaps we could call him a tasteless man? or maybe not.

    ALL i know is that we use the term ageusia to describe the inability to taste.
    Answer?

    **Welcome aboard Jithu ! :)

    By Blogger Mubs, at 10:11 PM  

  • Sorry, it's all a bit too esoteric for me. My father, God rest his soul, could not smell and this definitely affected his tastebuds. There must be a word for it _"ageusic" - why not "askoxford"?

    By Blogger Tony Beale, at 10:32 PM  

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