Tuesday, May 24, 2011

"Voca" is Konglish for vocabulary

This week we were covering some poetry terms in my class, including sestet, quatrain, octave and couplet. One of my students had an interesting idea for the definition of "couplet."

Me (pointing to "couplet" on the board): What do you know about this word?
Students: Couple!
Me: Couple of what?
Student: Couple tee! T-shirts couples wear!

That's right, my students thought our vocabulary word for the day was this:


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