Let it snow

Hi everyone,

did you see it was also snowing on youtube? Here's the proof with a little cover from glee of Sinatra's song: Let it Snow

Enjoy!

Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow: Dublin pt.1

I'm sure you have some time to kill !
So take your time and see this one first part and all the other parts coming afterwards

Terrible Christmas Present

That's maybe one the most hilarious Christmas video ever about sadistic parents offering terrible preview gifts to their children. The reactions of the children are fantastic.

Jeff Dunham Achmed's "Jingle Bombs"

Epic Rap Battle Of History

Here's funny videos about famous celebrities or historical persons involved in rap battles. The clips are very well designed and thought. The authors are very creative and many expressions and words may be interesting to comment.

CORPORA: 45-425 million words each: free online access

CORPORA: 45-425 million words each: free online access:

There's also access to the Google Books Corpus of 155 billion words! As mentioned in class.... for example we could compare "native American" with "American Indian" to see which is used more today....

Have a nice weekend
james

"These corpora were created by Mark Davies, Professor of Linguistics at Brigham Young University. They have many different uses, including: finding out how native speakers actually speak and write; looking at language variation and change; finding the frequency of words, phrases, and collocates; and designing authentic language teaching materials and resources."

Touch, spoken word poem with music - YouTube

This is from Elsa's American Indians site... a poem about "Touch"

Touch, spoken word poem with music - YouTube

If ever you want to know more about the native americans, here the site of the National Museum of Indian American :
http://www.nmai.si.edu/
Try to explore the collections, there 's surely something you will enjoy!

Freakonomics - Videos

Freakonomics -- Videos

some interesting Videos from the Freakonomics team...

which do you like best?

please feel free to leave a comment.

see you tomorrow

Here is a website where you can find some rankings of the boys and girls of several US universities..
everything is explained , you have the graphics and the numbers on each benchmark which justify the final mark !  (smith girls got a B )

follow this link : http://collegeprowler.com/smith-college/guys--and--girls/

What should you do in Paris

Here's a blog written by an american girl living in Paris and lists do's & dont's in town for a foreigner. Some are funny and accurate and could be of great help for the "Smithes" as well as a good source of information about our own culture. Lot of different subjects are discussed there such as :

• do smoke
• don't chatelet les halles
• do la tradition

and a lot more @ ParisDoParisDon't

What the Americans think about British accents Hilarious! - YouTube

What the Americans think about British accents Hilarious! - YouTube:

I thought you might enjoy this...

(This is a follow-up to another video about different American accents... which is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vF9g37FCmk&feature=rellist&playnext=1&list=PLA4AABC612634E584 )


james

The Music Time Machine

The Music Time Machine: Just choose a year below... Click to Blast-Off
on a trip down memory lane... Have Fun!

Here's a fun music site....here you can choose by year.... on upchucky.org you have other options!


Bring your books so you can write about them.
Bring your bios and photos for the smithies

Have a good week... see you on Friday.

J

http://youtu.be/1fck1BUWLhw

it is an example of the feeling we should have on friday afternoon

Grocery Store Musical - YouTube

Grocery Store Musical - YouTube: Grocery Store Musical

That's Why I Chose Yale

The video which (unfortunately) inspired Telecom Bretagne. This short clip is described as

An introduction to undergraduate life at Yale College

Lipdub

Definition by Wikipedia :

A lip dub is a type of video that combines lip synching and audio dubbing to make a music video. It is made by filming individuals or a group of people lip synching while listening to a song or any recorded audio then dubbing over it in post editing with the original audio of the song. There is often some form of mobile audio device used such as an MP3 player. Often they look like simple music videos, although many involve a lot of preparation and production. Lip dubs can be done in a single unedited shot that often travels through different rooms and situations within a building. They have become popular with the advent of mass participatory video content sites like YouTube.

LIPDUB - I Gotta Feeling (Comm-UQAM 2009) :

The Grand Rapids LipDub :

LipDub "Pretty Fly" - Faculté de Droit - UdeM:

Lipdub HEC Montréal x 2009 / Bryan Adams - Summer of 69

flash mob

le flash mob d'oprah : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CttB6FmMgT4

Why is Smith a Women's College? | Smith College

Why is Smith a Women's College? | Smith College:

Maybe you want to have a look at our partners' school.

Smith College was founded at a time when there were practically no choices for women who wanted an education equal to that available to men. The idea of such a college was a radical notion in 1871, but its success has been dramatic and undeniable.

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