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fivethree
Jul 28, 2014
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/58236366-90/says-english-homophones-language.html.csp

quote:

Homophones, as any English grammarian can tell you, are words that sound the same but have different meanings and often different spellings — such as be and bee, through and threw, which and witch, their and there.

This concept is taught early on to foreign students learning English because it can be confusing to someone whose native language does not have that feature.

But when the social-media specialist for a private Provo-based English language learning center wrote a blog explaining homophones, he was let go for creating the perception that the school promoted a gay agenda.

Tim Torkildson says after he wrote the blog on the website of his employer, Nomen Global Language Center, his boss and Nomen owner Clarke Woodger, called him into his office and told him he was fired.

As Torkildson tells it, Woodger said he could not trust him and that the blog about homophones was the last straw.

"Now our school is going to be associated with homosexuality," Woodger complained, according to Torkildson, who posted the exchange on his Facebook page.


utah is p cool

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Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981

Hey OP, Utah best! :thumbsup:

Panamaniac
Jun 18, 2007

HEROES NEVER DIE
What does he think of dictaphones?

The Droid
Jun 11, 2012

:roflolmao:

Ramsus
Sep 14, 2002

by Hand Knit
Yes this story is believable I believe it all good job op

Frog Act
Feb 10, 2012



Machai
Feb 21, 2013

You would think the owner of a language enter would know that homophones and homosexuals are not the same thing.



"People at this level of English," Woodger says, " … may see the ‘homo’ side and think it has something to do with gay sex." So would any native English speaking child in school learning about homophones. I bet this guy wrote a letter to his children's school asking them not to teach his children about homogeneous mixtures in chemistry because it might make them snicker.

Rad Tad
Jul 2, 2014

homo-
Word Origin
1.
a combining form appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “dick in butt” ( homology)

Cacator
Aug 6, 2005

You're quite good at turning me on.

Homo sapiens are the most homosexual of all

Panamaniac
Jun 18, 2007

HEROES NEVER DIE

Cacator posted:

Homo sapiens are the most homosexual of all

Except for giraffes.
Giraffes are pretty gay.

turbomoose
Nov 29, 2008
Playing the banjo can be a relaxing activity and create lifelong friendships!
\
:backtowork:

Ron Paul Hype Man posted:

Except for giraffes.
Giraffes are pretty gay.

Dude you're being really homophonic right now

Royal W
Jun 20, 2008
This is god's punishment for living a life of synonym.

1gnoirents
Jun 28, 2014

hello :)

quote:

Nomen is Utah’s largest private English as a Second Language school and caters mostly to foreign students seeking admission to U.S. colleges and universities. Woodger says his school has taught 6,500 students from 58 countries during the past 15 years. Most of them, he says, are at basic levels of English and are not ready for the more complicated concepts such as homophones.

oh ok

this is one of those things i really cant believe

StormProphet
Dec 25, 2007

-And Moses did say "Thou shalt cancel thy weekend plans in Milwaukee until yonder system has passed over..."

Exodus 9:14 pm, EST

Royal W posted:

This is god's punishment for living a life of synonym.

This made my day. Goddamn.

ashgromnies
Jun 19, 2004

1gnoirents posted:

oh ok

this is one of those things i really cant believe

so the owner's defense is "my school sucks so much that none of the students know enough English to have the concept of a homophone explained to them"

1gnoirents
Jun 28, 2014

hello :)
its like the worst backpeddle conceivable. he'd have been better off saying "no I didnt fire him for that" and never say another word

Irradiation
Sep 14, 2005

I understand your frustration.

Royal W posted:

This is god's punishment for living a life of synonym.

:golfclap:

a whole buncha crows
May 8, 2003

WHEN WE DON'T KNOW WHO TO HATE, WE HATE OURSELVES.-SA USER NATION (AKA ME!)
he is a little human being for having a blog about homo words and this is hilarious

memy
Oct 15, 2011

by exmarx

Royal W posted:

This is god's punishment for living a life of synonym.

lol

a hole-y ghost
May 10, 2010

1gnoirents posted:

oh ok

this is one of those things i really cant believe
how stupid do you have to be to not understand "one word that sounds like another word"

SLICK GOKU BABY
Jun 12, 2001

Hey Hey Let's Go! 喧嘩する
大切な物を protect my balls


Ron Paul Hype Man posted:

Except for giraffes.
Giraffes are pretty gay.

More like Gayraffes

Pochoclo
Feb 4, 2008

No...
Clapping Larry
um gaze

Also, the center's name is "no-men"... just saying

CaptainHollywood
Feb 29, 2008


I am an awesome guy and I love to make out during shitty Hollywood horror movies. I am a trendwhore!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc&t=144s

Rad Tad
Jul 2, 2014

ring ring it's for you

:nws: :nws:

e: oh yeah, no dix at work I guess

Cesar Cedeno
May 9, 2011
Probation
Can't post for 673 days!

Royal W posted:

This is god's punishment for living a life of synonym.

TacticalUrbanHomo
Aug 17, 2011

by Lowtax

Ramsus posted:

Yes this story is believable I believe it all good job op

what about that thing where a guy got fired for using the word "niggardly", that happened

Saga
Aug 17, 2009

Royal W posted:

This is god's punishment for living a life of synonym.

:master:

Irradiation
Sep 14, 2005

I understand your frustration.

quote:

FANTASTIC! Another Utah moron (from Provo no less) giving Colbert, Stewart, FARK

lol FARK

Baxter
Sep 13, 2000

Royal W posted:

This is god's punishment for living a life of synonym.

Very nice.

ghlbtsk
Apr 19, 2005

these bath mats
are
GORGEOUS
If the school's cafeteria sells homogenized milk I'm calling my lawyer.

BottledBodhisvata
Jul 26, 2013

by Lowtax
I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

Frog Act
Feb 10, 2012




i don't know if you guys missed it but this is for real the flag of provo

OMFG FURRY
Jul 10, 2006

[snarky comment]
The city of Provo, brought to you by Centrum Silver!

Irradiation
Sep 14, 2005

I understand your frustration.

OMFG FURRY posted:

The city of Provo, brought to you by Centrum Silver!

It is run by old white dudes.

icantfindaname
Jul 1, 2008


chinese has like 15 words total with a couple hundred meanings for each one

Howard Beale
Feb 22, 2001

It's like this, Peanut
sure got a lot done the day the computer with ms wordart came to provo

Who Is Paul Blart
Oct 22, 2010
I'm glad this happened because I want more unemployed white liberal arts grads roaming the streets.

Germstore
Oct 17, 2012

A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0J-T2lr0Ms

Fart.Bleed.Repeat.
Sep 29, 2001

kids that young shouldnt have phones if theyre gay or straight

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gleep gloop
Aug 16, 2005

GROSS SHIT
Why the gently caress do we send foreign students to Utah of all places to learn English? Well I guess if you come to the US to study and don't speak English already you're either retarded or from some dirt country.

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