I almost forgot I asked this question, but I must thank Vigor for giving me this GREAT website. I can definitely make more fun of speaking English. Next time if anyone says "no pain, no gain" to me, then I can simply say "No pain, no complain,

some authors are talented at writing lyrics in which the end sounds of most sentences can be rhythmed, e.g. get your hand / out of my pants (hand--> pants, song of stephen lynch). It can also been seen in motto, e.g. no pain, no gain. (a cliche)

Thanks pieanne for searching this topic for me! I almost missed such great post!

MrP, exactly what I want! Thanks all for being helpful to me.

great topic! I've experienced many embarassment in using wrong words at wrong places. When i saw a dump on the road, I urged my friend not to step on "shit". When I wanted to say "pussy" (not sure if there's more general term), i said

robbie, haha! Its' a mafia family! Police will help!

Please click it: http://www.warsix.com/files/shadow.gif We call it "remnant image" in Chinese, I'm wondering how you call this phenomenon in english? Many thanks!

Thanks for opening my horizons! It's so good to hear so many old wives tales. It seems that pregnant or mensturated women are common target of these tales in different cultures. Just to add some more: Chinese bride and groom also avoid seeing

I just got a "shocking" news from my friend. In the old day, the generation of my mother believed that menstruated women should avoid washing hair. I though it was only the legend in China (or southern china) only, but my friend told me that old

hi julie, I've been punished by a ruler too. It was thick like a Palm PDA, and it really hurted! Btw, I graduated a few years ago.