Larryadded this to Funni Stuff . . . or Just Sardonicism? · 1hUnited Kingdom 38 Americanisms the British Can’t Bloody Standneatorama.com - Miss Cellania Someone, probably not George Bernard Shaw, once said that the US and Britain are two countries forever separated by a common language. With a little …
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scott mccrossenadded this to Good Reads · 13hPopulation Why Are So Many Languages Spoken in Some Places and So Few in Others?realclearscience.com - Michael Gavin People across the world describe their thoughts and emotions, share experiences and spread ideas through the use of thousands of distinct languages. …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLanguage LearningGlobal Online Language Learning Market 2019-2025: Big Data and Artificial Intelligence to Assist in Design of Customizedyahoo.com - Business Wire The "Online Language Learning Market by Product (Course, Solution, Support), Type (English, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, Japanese, Italian, …
Identity What Does It Mean To Be ‘Cisgender’lotl.com - JOANNA MCINTYRE The term ‘cisgender’ entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 2015 and it has critics as well as fans. As a term and concept, “transgender” is now …
Daily Mail added this to Top Stories · 7hGrammar People who use emojis in text messages have more SEXdailymail.co.uk - Peter Lloyd Using emojis in text messages can enhance the odds of relationship and sexual success, a scientific study has found. Researchers at The Kinsey …
Manchester Evening News · 2hGCSEs GCSE grades explained - understanding the new numbers results and the lettersmanchestereveningnews.co.uk - Charlotte Dobson What is a 5 in GCSE? Students sitting their exams now gets number 1-9 grading system instead of traditional A* to U letters The anxious wait for …
INSIDERadded this to News INSIDER · NowSal The hidden meanings behind 10 words you use every dayINSIDER - Talia Lakritz Like many languages, English borrows words and phrases from others. The etymology behind things we say and write every day can have some unexpected …
Etymology The Provenance of 'Providence'merriam-webster.com - 17 Aug 2019 Provenance and provenience share the meaning of "origin" or "source," with provenance also referring to the history of ownership of a work of art. …
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Mall of America Minnesotans Are Furious Over The Blue Crayon At Mall Of Americaiheart.com - cities971.iheart.com Matt's Bar vs. The 5-8 Club is the eternal debate here in the Twin Cities. Everyone here has their favorite, but the one thing you CANNOT say is "eh, …
DAZED · 5hMasculinity Introducing #BehindTheMasc, unpacking what masculinity means todayDAZED - Nellie EdenIt might seem like an odd time to be celebrating masculinity. In 2019 we’ve birthed a whole new lexicon to explain our confusion over the status of modern manhood. We’re living in the age of toxic masculinity,
Lonely Planetadded this to Lonely Planet · 4hPlay buttonGoogle Earth Discover 50 endangered languages on Google Earth's new platformLonely Planet - Sasha BradyAccording to Unesco, as many as half of the world’s 7000 languages are expected to disappear by the end of this century, but a new platform from Google Earth might offer these languages a lifeline. The
The Independentadded this to Voices · 6hOpinion (UK) Dyslexics are discriminated against by the current exam system – it’s time to go digitalindependent.co.uk - Helen Boden Over 80,000 of the young people collecting GCSE results on Thursday will be dyslexic. If the trend of recent years continues, their chance of getting …
Fortuneadded this to From the Mag · 8hDuolingo Translating Success at a World-Changing CompanyFortune - Clifton Leaf In his 41 years on earth so far, Luis von Ahn has changed the world three times. People still blame him for the first. That invention, which had its …
Chrysler Jaguar takes on Big Dictionaryautonews.com - Aston Martin BMW Mini Rolls-Royce Daimler Mercedes Benz Smart Fiat Chrysler Alfa Romeo Chrysler Dodge Ferrari Fiat Jeep Maserati Ram Ford Lincoln General Motors Buick Cadillac Chevrolet GMC Holden Honda Acura Hyundai Genesis Kia Mazda McLaren Mitsubishi Nissan Infiniti PSA Citroen Opel Peugeot Renault Subaru Suzuki Tata Jaguar Land Rover Tesla Toyota Lexus Volkswagen Audi Bentley Bugatti Lamborghini Porsche Seat Skoda Volvo (Discontinued Brands) The Oxford dictionary says a “car” has an internal combustion engine. Jaguar, maker of the electric I-Pace, begs to differ.
Indian Expressadded this to Indian Express · 6hBangalore 100Books: Bengaluru volunteers take English to underprivileged kids, with 100 books and a tabindianexpress.com - Express Web Desk To make sure students of government schools are well-versed in the English language, a group of citizens has come up with a unique initiative in …
Philippines Saving PH diverse languages from extinctioninquirer.net - Matthew Reysio-Cruz LOST LANGUAGE Little do these Aeta children in Botolan, Zambales, know that two of the languages of their tribe,Dicamay Agta and Villa Viciosa Agta, …
Etymology Word of the Day: Brandishmerriam-webster.com - www.merriam-webster.com 1 : to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly Often when we encounter the word brandish in print, it is soon followed by a word for a …
Passionfish12added this to Ruh Şarkı Sözleri · NowPlay buttonPoetry Language Rights Are Human Rights: A Hope for a Future of Linguistic Diversitysi.edu - July 23, 2019 | Steve Zeitlin | Comments Welcome to our language Taste The Sauce —Reesom Haile, Eritrean poet (translation by Charles Cantalupo) The interview was ending. I was anxious to get on …
Athens, GA Loran Smith: As words go, aint aint so bad, despite its reputationonlineathens.com - Loran Smith: We have been told, more often than not, that “ain’t” ain’t a word, but that ain’t necessarily so. Here is what Merriam-Webster says: “Although widely …
The Hindu Groupadded this to The Hindu · 22hSpelling Information boards on highways confuse travellersthehindu.com - M Soundariya Preetha Different spellings on the information boards for a city or town, difference in distance mentioned on two nearby boards / stones for the same place, …
BBadded this to Temp · 17hMoney The Rich Wife's Handbookjamaicaobserver.com - BY YANIQUE LeIBA-EBANKS Many years ago, I recall a lovely lady in her late 70s coming to me to open an account, a couple institutions ago. She was in great distress because …
The Telegraphadded this to News · 21hThe Arts GCSE reforms are 'squeezing out' arts and technical subjects, man who created the qualification saysThe Telegraph - By Camilla TurnerGCSE reforms have led to a drastic decline in music and arts and must be scrapped, the man who created the qualification has said. Lord Kenneth Baker, who was education secretary under Margaret Thatcher,
Krakatoa Global Volcanism Program | Resources & Mediasi.edu - volcano.si.edu Krakatau was the accepted spelling for the volcano in 1883 and remains the accepted spelling in modern Indonesia. In the original manuscript copy …
Narendra Modi AIR broadcasts PM Modi’s entire Independence-Day speech in 15 foreign languagesindianexpress.com - PTI The All India Radio for the first time translated and broadcast the entire Independence Day speech of Prime Narendra Modi in 15 foreign languages …
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Steven D. Geenseadded this to Suburban-Urban Hipster · 1dThe White House FULL MOON LIGHT HOUSE, a game/promptart.blog - jellyfishreview • Draw a grid, maybe a 3×3 grid. The larger it is, the more difficult the game. Begin with a word in the middle, such as HOUSE (see fig 1) Add another …
The Telegraphadded this to News · 1dParis Mayor of Paris candidate vows to make French fluent in EnglishThe Telegraph - By David ChazanThe Academie Francaise has long fought to stop English words creeping into common French parlance, but an ally of President Emmanuel Macron is vowing to make Parisians fluent in English. Benjamin Griveaux
Daily Kosadded this to Daily Kos Trending · 1dAntifa Can we retire "Antifa?" The lede is "fascist." That's the scary word. Why do we hide it?dailykos.com - illegal smile I’m not a fascist. Fascism is bad. As a concept, but also as a word. Onomatopoeically bad. Antifa does not sound bad. That word doesn’t scare me. …
