WEIRD CURIOSITIES

Weird, but true. Check it out!

•  St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland is not Irish.
•   Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same plane as a precaution.
•   The most popular fist name in the world is Muhammed.
•   Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States.
•   The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog ",  uses every letter of the alphabet.
•   It’s against the law to mispronounce the name of the State of Arkansas in that State.
•   The state of Florida is bigger than England.
•   The average American / Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year.
•   There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange and purple.
•   Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions.

Let’s check if the last sentence is true?

Take a look at this link: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/set

“How many years are you?” está certo?

No !!  It´s no correct !

How many years are you? está errado. É puro “português em inglês”. 

Claro que poderíamos piorar ainda mais, dizendo algo como How many years have you? – aí, sim,  Shakespeare iria revirar em seu túmulo e não quremos isso né !!??

So, please !  to ask about "age" use:  How old are you?; What is your age?;  What age are you?.

Como se diz “feliz aniversário atrasado” em inglês? 

• Happy belated birthday my friend!
• Feliz aniversário atrasado, meu amigo!

 

How do you say “dar a volta por cima” in English ?

Dar a volta por cima
[TO BOUNCE BACK] 

It’s amazing how Helen managed to bounce back after all the problems she went through.

É incrível como a Helen conseguiu dar a volta por cima depois de todos os problemas que atravessou.