‘Kwik Learning’ has posted 15 statements about memory and asks us whether they are true or false. Just scroll down the page to find the answers.
Is it really true that Daniel Tammet recited pi from memory to 22,514 digits in five hours and nine minutes? Unbelievable! 😉 So perhaps we should be training our brains more …
A book or a film can have a ‘happy ending‘ but not a ‘happy end’! That’s German! So don’t forget that important ‘-ing’ at the end of the phrase!
For example: A lot of us like stories with happy endings, don’t we?
Don’t believe me or want to check it out? Go to the following Wikipedia page.
When starting a conversation, why not start with a surprising fact? Something like: “Did you know that Tokyo has the most millionaires (followed by New York City), but that London is the city with the highest number of multi-millionaires?”.
Why not find out where the millionaires, multi-millionaires and billionaires live by reading this article here? Make sure you’re well prepared for your next discussion.
There are even more differences in the spelling of British and American English.
British English uses the endings –gogue and –logue. American English normally uses the endings –gog and –log.
British      American
analogue     analog
catalogue    catalog
dialogue     dialog
synagogue   synagog
It doesn’t matter whether you use the British or the American way of writing. Just be consistent.
“People forget how fast you did a job, but they remember how well you did it.”
Howard W. Newton
This quotation reminds me just how important it is to do a good job. And creating a quality product takes time.
And look what I found on this site here today:
“You can have two out of the three: fast, good and cheap. Take your pick.
• You can have good and fast, but it won’t be cheap.
• You can have good and cheap, but it won’t be fast.
• You can have fast and cheap, but it won’t be good.”
Nice, isn’t it?
