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Old Grammarians

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Old Grammarians provides some light relief at the end of every TLT. Covering material that no rational mind would even consider, self-confessed comedian Scott Gardner discusses topics of interest (or not) to all language educators.

2014

  • Quantum supercommuter
  • Shampoo, rinse, and spit
  • Homeward bind

2013

  • Natter matters
  • L’esprit de l’escalator
  • Go tell it on Space Mountain
  • I heart language change
  • Crystal methodology

2012

  • The two-tongued joke
  • Mind the mental gaps
  • A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Japan, and Purikura
  • Ask the Outlander Guy
  • Who owns English?
  • There’s no “I” in “Sport”

2011

  • Reason art that thine does Romeo?
  • Popular movie sequels
  • Help Scott find friends
  • End-of-semester evaluation form
  • Sleep, a twin-sized hobby

2010

  • Interpretation quiz for famous sayings
  • If Nostradamus were an English teacher
  • State of the Prefecture Series, No. 22: Yamahama Prefecture
  • Psychoanalysis of public English messages
  • “Phoney” intertextualization: Skaz that never heals

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