English from Brasil #54 | Comma Comma Comma…
What?!
Previously on English from Brasil: #53 At Least the Bathroom Was Nice
Hello, hello!
Um causo
Escrever causos pra seção Um Causo da newsletter ficou mais fácil e mais divertido desde que comecei a escrever sobre perrengues.
Mas confesso que estou preocupada com o que vocês vão pensar de mim…
Hoje é Dia dos Professores aqui na Malásia. E, na minha vontade absurda de (ter e) vestir uma camiseta bonitinha ou engraçada para as aulas de amanhã (sim, sábado é dia de escola, com as criancinhas, mas, eu não posso ir trabalhar de camiseta 🙄), eu escolheria essa:
Mas, obviamente, nenhum dos meus alunos decifraria a “piada”.
Você decifra?
A dica que eu dou é: Qual é a música, Brasil? 🎶 🦎
Sim, esse é o meu tipo de humor. 😄
PS: A resposta está nos 5 random things
A quote
“Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.”
A lesson
Let’s talk about T-shirts and messages.
Sometimes our clothes say something — literally. But how do we describe them in English?
Here are some examples:
I'm wearing a funny T-shirt.
This T-shirt has a joke on it.
The message is a play on words.
No one got it, but I laughed anyway.
Try this:
Look at your clothes today. Can you describe what you're wearing in English?
Write a few sentences:
What are you wearing?
Is there a message, colour, or story behind it?
Example:
I'm wearing a white T-shirt with a funny and clever design.
It shows a chameleon slowly changing colour to match a series of commas.
At the start, the commas are red, orange, yellow, and green.
The chameleon is next to them — and it’s changing colours to blend in with the commas.
The joke is a pun based on the title of the 80s song “Karma Chameleon” by Culture Club.
The word “karma” sounds like “comma” in some English accents.
So when you look at the T-shirt and see a line of commas followed by a chameleon, your brain fills in the sound:
“Comma, Comma, Comma, Comma, Comma Chameleon…” 🎶
It's a visual + phonetic pun!
A question
Have you ever worn something no one understood but you loved anyway?
FIVE Random Things
🧳 The more you pack… [link]
➗ I wish I’d had lessons like this in school. [link]
🎹 I have zero musical intelligence! Some people have told me this video is great teaching - I don’t really understand it… [link]
🎁 The perfect present for a language teacher [link]
🎧 As promised, here is the answer [link]
Se você gostou dessa edição, encaminha para os amigos?
See you next week! 👋🏽
Karen Rito
English from Brasil 🌎✨
Amei o trocadilho com camaleão e música!