Comments for Global Village Hawaii Blog

Comment on Learning to be Polite in American English by Ellen

Ellen — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:26:46 +0000

What a fun blog! Thank you : ) BTW, I’m American, and I can’t think of an instance when saying “Yeah, right” that wouldn’t have a negative connotation to it. Unless you were actually agreeing, and then the intonation (enthusiastic) would make that clear. It would be disingenuous, not sarcastic, to fake that!

And you are right, sarcasm can be funny, but it is always seen as a derision of some sort, which by its nature is not nice : ).

Hmm, I can go on a bit, too!

Thanks again, this blog is really fun.

Comment on Quote of the Day by DoS

DoS — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:38:05 +0000

Indeed, I truly like that quote.

Comment on Hiking Hana, Maui: Pipiwai Trail by Matt (senior)

Matt (senior) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:59:33 +0000

Thx alot! 5.40 a.m. is pretty early. I hope we’ll find these places!

Comment on Collocations Anyone? by Stefan

Stefan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:26:18 +0000

Thank you for this enthralling blog on improving english…
I hope to see more surefire methods about how to speak like a native.
I miss the myriad cultures in Hawaii…
Aloha from Zurich
Stefan

Comment on Quote of the Day by Tamas Lorincz

Tamas Lorincz — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:01:02 +0000

In somewhat similar vein:
‘I am so convinced of the advantages of looking at mankind instead of reading about them, and of the bitter effects of staying at home with all the narrow prejudices of an Islander, that I think there should be a law amongst us to set our young men abroad for a term among the few allies our wars have left us’ – Lord Byron