The Weather Strikes Back

So much for my attempt to break from the mundane. We're mid-typhoon. The wind is so strong it took down my underwear washing.

However, we can learn two interesting things from this experience:

1. Typhoon originates from Japanese. However, they pronounce the word たいふう / typhoo*.
2. The majority of my students don't realise 'pants' in English are 'underwear'. They get all embarassed when I correct them if they say 'nice pants' or something.

Note how bored I am already!

*Phonetically: ta-i-fu-u.