Author: Christopher

I Can Tell You Now: Which is the better team out of the top 6?

April 26, 2016 / / 2 Comments / Sticky

Over the years that I have been at London Nautical school there has always been a debate on which team is better than the other team. In my year, the majority of my year either support Arsenal, Manchester United or Chelsea, there are a couple that support Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspurs, I support Arsenal. Although I am talking about which of the top 6 teams in the premier league is better than the other, there is no-one that supports Manchester City. Back to my point, the top 6 as it stood last season was Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspurs and then Liverpool. Most of the arguments are about when your team loses over the weekend or in a competition e.g FA cup, Champions League, Europa League etc or where your team is currently standing the the table. These type of arguments mainly happen on Monday when we come back from the weekend. Sometimes during the arguments when a person  is proven wrong the person likes to bring up the history of the club, for example, lets say a person who supports Arsenal is debating with a person who supports Liverpool, if the person who supports Liverpool is proven wrong, then that Liverpool supporter will bring up about how they have won Champions League 5 times and how Arsenal has never won it, but then an Arsenal fan would say how they have won the premier league unbeaten (42 games without losing) and how Liverpool haven’t won the premier league for 25 years and still counting.

In 2013, Arsenal were going 9 years without silverware and to me and every Arsenal supporter was really bad as when the other teams were talking about the trophies over the years and we Arsenal supporters had no say into what they were discussing but then everything changed the next year. Arsenal went on to win the FA cup by losing 2-0 in the first 10 mins to winning 3-2 in extra time against Hull city, Aaron Ramsey was the goalscorer making every Arsenal fans dream come true(which was to win a trophy). Manchester city were the premier league champions that year leaving Liverpool fans Heartbroken as they were only 3 points away from winning the title, Chelsea finishing third and Arsenal finishing fourth in the league. That year was a really bad year for Manchester United fans as they finished seventh in the league which was a big advantage for other team supporters to mock their club on how badly they did that year.

The next season was a great year for Chelsea fans as they were champions of the premier league having only lost three games the whole season, they were followed by second place Manchester City, then arsenal in third and finally Manchester United in fourth. A big argument fell out between Liverpool and Tottenham as Liverpool finished sixth, two points behind Tottenham.

In my opinion I say that Arsenal are the best followed by Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham, Chelsea and then Manchester United. I didn’t put these in order because of which teams I like, I put them in order of how each team plays football. Normally people judge teams by how many trophies they have won over the years but football is not just about, its about how teams play football to satisfy fans all around the world by showing their amazing talent on the football pitch.                                                                                                                                   That’s why I picked Arsenal first not just because I support Arsenal( mainly the reason) but for how they play football and when I watch Arsenal play I can see the passion from the players and the hard work they put in into satisfying fans all around the world.

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bare vexed

October 7, 2014 / / 2 Comments

I agree with Belinda Webb for two reasons. The first is that she argues for both sides of her story and the second is that she talks about how slang is not wrong and how it is going to develop in our everyday language.

Belinda Webb says in one of her quotes that “Emma Thompson of all people ought to appreciate that Shakespeare slang became part of our everyday language”. I think this is a good point because she is explaining that Emma Thompson is not appreciating that one of the best writers in the world made slang and Emma Thompson is trying to say it’s not right that slang should be used in our language. However Belinda Webb argues against her saying it is right to use slang and Belinda Webb says in one of her other quotes “ This kind of talk has got me well vexed. Listen up yeah, there’s nowt wrong with slang, so you need to stop mitheren d’ya get me.(people in the north will understand)”. So as we can see that this kind of slang is already being used in the north and if I define the words mitheren and d’ya get me they mean bothering and well, comprende.

Belinda Webb doesn’t agree with slang but yet again she does disagree with it. This is because she thinks that in the future slang is going to be developed in our language and in fact it has already been in a couple of movies (these are my examples of movies). Attack the block, kidulthood, Adulthood, anuvahood, illegal manners and many more. These are some of the slang words said in the film Attack the block ‘ Shut up. Wanna get MURKED, innit?’ This phrase was said at the beginning of the film where a group of boys were robbing a women. The word ‘Murked’ means stabbed, beaten up, a shorter way of threatening someone, trying to get them scared of you. Another phrase near the beginning of the film this is the phrase ‘ Quick, FAM, ‘fore the FEDS come’. The word ‘Fam’ is a short way of saying mate or friend teenagers mainly use this type of word. ‘Feds’ is a slang word of police, people who mainly use slang words will use this phrase to call them instead of what they are really called. this is the last example, ‘Feels like just another day in the ENDS to me. The word ‘Ends’ is a way of describing where you live, what area in London are you from.

Belinda Webb uses another quote that I found very useful and to me was a really good quote and it was “A love of communication and an inventiveness of speech that continues to make English one of the most interesting languages in the world”, I believe this quote is true and I agree with Belinda Webb because loads of people from different countries are coming into England going some where like London or up the north and they will hear slang and they would think that it would be interesting and they will like it and most probably when they go back to their country they will talk about London and how they speak and how it has developed a lot.

William Shakespeare is a famous writer who wrote amazing plays such as Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. He also is known for writing slang and using it in his plays. One of the slang words that William Shakespeare used is “FANCY-MONGER; Someone for whom love is their business. A trades person for amorous affection. This slang word is from the play “As You Like It”. 

 

 

 

This is Your Online Domain

May 26, 2014 / / 0 Comments

Hello and welcome to your personal online journal.

Edutronic has been created to enhance and enrich your learning at the London Nautical School. Its purpose is to provide you with an audience for your work (or work-in-progress) and you have the choice (by altering the ‘visibility’ of your posts) of whether your work on here is visible to the world, or only to your teacher.

Anything you post here in the public domain represents you and thus it’s important that you take care with that decision, but don’t be afraid to publish your work – as the feedback you may get from people at home, your peers and people from around the internet is only likely to enhance it.

Remember you can always access your class blog and all manner of resources through the Edutronic main website – and by all means check out the sites of your peers to see what they’re getting up to as well.

If you have any questions for your teacher, an excellent way to get an answer is to create a new private post on this journal. Your teachers are am notified of any new posts and will reply swiftly to any queries.

Make the most of, and enjoy this new freedom in your English learning!

May 25, 2014

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