Comments on: My Great-Great-Great-Great

By: Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:48:01 +0000

Ok. I can summarize the term for relatives to prevent you from confusing.
– Nephew : the son of my brother or sisiter
– Niece : the daughter of my brother or sister
– Great – grand father : father of my grandfather or grandmother
– Cousin : the child of my uncle or aunt

By: Tania

Tania — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:04:04 +0000

Hi ! I was watching the news report about Ida , too .
I remarked the phrase “Grand -grand … father ” , too .
But , of course , I did not know it was wrong .
And the sketch with the English Terms for Relatives is great .

You are great , too .

All the best for you all ,

Tania

By: emiliano

emiliano — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:42:37 +0000

I am always confused about how to call the relatives and usually I don’t like those spanish words, either the english, for instance “sister in law”….cuñada, “daughter in law” … nuera, “mother/father in law”….suegra/suegro…..they are so ugly names to me.
I prefer to call the relatives by their proper names instead by their position among the family as I think it is more nice and warm.
But now the other side of the question as I like more the name of “abuelo” or “bisabuelo” in my own lenguage either than grand father or grand-grand father what it sound as a redundancy by all means.

One of my nicer words in my lenguage is “abuelito/a” may be because I haven´t when I was a child and always I miss them just a lot.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:41:30 +0000

They are doing.
The applied method as well as…

My constant blunders remind me of the old adage “Haste makes waste.”

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:50:53 +0000

Dear Raul,

If you don’t mind I am willing to add to what you shrewdly observed about the Blog,

Our dear profs ,as you mention, are doing a great job. I keep reading the materials, and they have profoundly changed the way I write ,and communicate . The word arrangement and the method they apply as well as the way they play skilfully with words all have created an efficient tool for learning English. I read the materials frequently,and my favourite word on the blog is a workaround, back in 2007. I have to add ,the transcripts,and The Learning guids have the same effect.

Yours,

By: Ping

Ping — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:58:16 +0000

Dear Jeff:

After fishishing this article, all I can remember is “great-great-great….”, and totally confused by the rest, hehe..

While good to say the relative tree is much simple than Chinese one.

By: RAUL

RAUL — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:54:36 +0000

Dear Jeff:
Your explanation was great. It’s been a long time since I haven’t had the opportunity to write something here, but I read this blog because I learn a lot from you and from Lucy. Once again, thank you for this wonderful work that you have been doing in benefit of all non-native english teachers who have the wonderful opportunity to learn more from your webpage and doing it so. They have the opportunity to spread the English Language Learning throughout the world.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:24:35 +0000

Dear Emiliano,

I appreciate the words of commendations.

I am trying my friend (when somebody gives a compliment to a second party and the second party wants to show his /her modesty his or her usually says : I am trying) . You look great . I am trying.

It is my pleasure that you take the time to read my baloney(nonsense).It is very kind of you. I always go through my friends’ comments including you on the Blog,and I have to say I have learnt plenty from you guys.

In Fact,it is the beauty of the Blog that we can share our thoughts.

Let’s thank our dear mentors Jeff and Lucy that every time I am on the Blog, I get a kick out of it( enjoy it a lot)

By: emiliano

emiliano — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:36:21 +0000

Dear Peter, I think before I was always stick to the blog, reading and thinking about it, and what to say next time I would write on it. But your are still
much more fan than me and that is great.
Don´t worry about appearing so much as we are really amused with all your writings, I am talking about my feelings of course but sure you
have a lot of fans too.
The same thought you said now…..”he is here again”…….I have had so many times so don’t worry we are two who need the woodoo to get rid
of us both, but I can´t imagine Lucy or Jeff doing the woodoo to get rid of us or which ever who wanted to write.

Have a nice day Peter and go on, I have always a good time reading your ideas. emiliano

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:47:47 +0000

Dear Jeff And Lucy

I know, I know,You are saying: No ,him again.I bet ,you are practising a voodoo to get rid of me.Please whatever you do ,don’t put a whammy on me. Truth, to be told,I know the fact that I frequent the Blog too much,but please count it as a token of appreciation,I mean it all comes from a good heart.All funny remarks ( who am I kidding? ) aside, I came up with something. Maybe we can say: the forefather of my great grand father was a native of ….

What do you think of it?, in a matter of speaking,we can apply it some how,can’t we?

P.S. I had no inkling ( author lucy) About the use of great infront of grand . I always used grand grand. I cannot believe such a blissful ignorance I was

Yours,