Learn British table manners is originally published by Vijay For Victory

This video ‘The History of English’ squeezes 1600 years of history into 10 one-minute bites, uncovering the sources of English words and phrases from Shakespeare and the King James Bible to America and the Internet.Bursting with fascinating facts, the series looks at how English grew from a small tongue into a major global language before reflecting on the future of English in the 21st century.

The History of English in Ten Minutes is originally published by Vijay For Victory

There are so many tests you can take online to test your English knowledge. Here is one among them from BBC.

Get! Set! Ready! Gooo!

English Test – BBC

Test your English knowledge is originally published by Vijay For Victory

P.S : This post is not intended to make fun on anyone. Just enjoy the conversation.

Call Centre conversation – Funny is originally published by Vijay For Victory

Have you got all 26 alphabets?

Learn English alphabets – Mordern Age is originally published by Vijay For Victory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f99QsAMeng

Copycat – Tamil Song – Karu Karu is originally published by Vijay For Victory

Talking to a call centre person had become a part of our life. Most of the times we struggle to spell our personal information like Name, Address etc., This may be because of the poor signal, or influence of native slang.

In such cases the call centre person are trained to use “NATO Phonetic alphabet”. It is also known as spelling alphabet.

What is this NATO Phonetic alphabet?
According to Wiki, “NATO alphabet assigns code words to the letters of the English alphabet acrophonically so that critical combinations of letters (and numbers) can be pronounced and understood by those who transmit and receive voice messages by radio or telephone regardless of their native language, especially when the safety of navigation or persons is essential.”

Knowing this NATO Phonetic alphabet would make our life easier; especially when we talk to a call centre person.

Here is the list of NATO Phonetic Alphabets. This set is being used world wide.

A – Alpha
B – Bravo
C -Charlie
D – Delta
E – Echo
F – Foxtrot
G – Golf
H – Hotel
I – India
J – Juliet
K – Kilo
L – Lima
M – Mike
N – November
O – Oscar
P – Papa
Q – Quebec
R – Romeo
S – Sierra
T – Tango
U – Uniform
V – Victor
W – Whiskey
X – X-ray
Y – Yankee
Z – Zulu

Click here for more details.

NATO Phonetic Alphabets is originally published by Vijay For Victory

The survey was, not surprisingly, a huge failure. Because:

In Africa they didn’t know what “food” meant.

In Eastern Europe they didn’t know what “honest” meant.

In Western Europe they didn’t know what “shortage” meant.

In China they didn’t know what “opinion” meant.

In the Middle East they didn’t know what “solution” meant.

In South America they didn’t know what “please” meant.

And, in the USA they didn’t know what “the rest of the world” meant.

The international food shortage is originally published by Vijay For Victory