English - The Real Deal

最近看到的几篇不得不分享的文章：

1) Keanu Reeves Does NOT Suck, And I Can Prove It

整篇文章都很有意思，但特别引起我注意的是这两条：

6. Keanu’s name means “cool breeze over the mountains” in Hawaiian, which is pretty cool. Compare that to Jean Claude Van Damme, which is loosely translated in German as “giant douchebag”.

32. His name is actually pronounced “kay-ah-nu”, not “key-ah-nu”, and yet never makes a fuss out of it (ahem, DEMI!).

第6条的前半段肯定是对的，但后半段很可疑。有没有懂德语的朋友来确认一下？

他的名字我一向读key-ah-nu的，看样子以后得改了。Demi (Moore)我应该没读错，De类似拼音的de，mi类似mee，重音在mi上。

2) 7 Ways To Fool People Into Thinking You Actually Care About World Cup Soccer

5. Call it ‘football.’ Though if you’re American and you do this within ten feet of me, I’ll probably punch you in the throat.

6. Watch games that involve countries you couldn’t find on a map. Oh man, I am so psyched for June 21! Cote d’Ivoire is taking on Serbia-Montenegro. It’s going to be such a great game! I hope I don’t forget to set my Tivo!

典型的美式幽默：自大、自嘲。（老实交代：Cote d’Ivoire和Serbia-Montenegro我也对不上号。）

3) Nine Letters

The English language has at least one nine-letter word that remains a word as each of its letters is successively removed, right down to a single letter. That word is “startling”:

* startling
* remove the l, and the word becomes: starting
* remove one t, and the word becomes: staring
* remove the a, and the word becomes: string
* remove the r, and the word becomes: sting
* remove the other t, and the word becomes: sing
* remove the g, and the word becomes: sin
* remove the s, and the word becomes: in
* remove the n, and the word becomes: I

Fascinating!

Bonus video: Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice

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