8/30/13 - ensign
1. [EN-sên] The entry level rank of a commissioned officer in the US Navy. 2. [EN-sain ] Insignia, a banner which identifies the country of origin of a ship, regiment, etc. 3. [EN-sain ] An indicator,...
View ArticleWord of the day: Bluetooth
Bluetooth was the nickname of Harald I who ruled Denmark in the tenth century and managed to unite various Scandinavian tribes into a single kingdom. Skipping forward a millennium we find this...
View ArticleCartoon: I Have A Nightmare!
On Wednesday, US President Barack Obama addressed a crowd gathered in Washington DC for the 50th anniversary commemoration of the civil rights rally at which Martin Luther King Jr made his famous 'I...
View ArticleChallenges in Translating Poetry
Article brought to you by http://inboxtranslation.com -Some while ago I wrote a post on the challenges in translating films and I thought it would be interesting to turn this into a series, today’s...
View ArticleLexiophiles TGIF Selection No. 230
Good news, Everyone! It's Friday! This week we have a lot of fun videos to show you! I almost didn't stop laughing while watching them to finish this post! I'm sure you're gonna love it!
View Article"Clutter" in (writing about) science writing
Paul Jump, "Cut the Clutter", Times Higher Education: Is there something unforgivably, infuriatingly obfuscatory about the unrestrained use of adjectives and adverbs? In a word, no. But Mr. Jump is...
View ArticleA Free French Lesson Plan For Teachers: Describe & Compare For Classroom...
This lesson plan will help intermediate French students enhance their abilities to describe physical and character traits and expand on basic comparison terms (moins que and plus que) by introducing...
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Children who go to daycare may benefit from a wider variety of social situations
Children who go to daycare may benefit from a wider variety of social and communicative situations relative to children who do not go to daycare, a recent study suggests. The former have a heightened...
View ArticleNew Guide To Help States Commonly Define English-Learners
The Council of Chief State School Officers has released a detailed road map for states that must reach more consensus around who an English-learner is and when such students no longer need language...
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Germany grappling with its past and future
This is off-topic but worth a read anyway. Two recent bits out of Germany provide an interesting view of the issues that the country is struggling with. First, there is the fake ad in which a young...
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Language and words in the news – 30th August, 2013
This post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language...
View ArticleLanguage and words in the news – 30th August, 2013
This post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language...
View ArticleWhy Learning Like a Child Doesn’t Work
If children and babies are so good at learning a language, why not copy them right? If you’ve been in the language learning community for awhile, then you’re sure to have heard of the concept of...
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Bill seeks to make English official language of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Journal...
Bill seeks to make English official language of WisconsinMilwaukee Journal SentinelMadison — Another legislator is making another attempt to make English the official language of Wisconsin. Rep. André...
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Diplomatic language cannot mask the damage David Cameron's defeat has ... -...
Diplomatic language cannot mask the damage David Cameron's defeat has ...Telegraph.co.ukDiplomatic language cannot mask the damage David Cameron's defeat has done to the 'special relationship'....
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Philippine schools celebrate language month - Arab News
Philippine schools celebrate language monthArab NewsPrecy Jamer, 47, a parent whose child studies in SPIS, supported the celebration of National Language Month. “Celebrating the Language Month is good...
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Bengal has highest number of scripts: PLSI - Times of India
Bengal has highest number of scripts: PLSITimes of IndiaMoreover, in Bengal linguistic minorities suffered less atrocities than in other states. Ol Chicki script for the Santhali language was developed...
View ArticleGrass-Mud Horse Lexicon Classics
China Digital Times (CDT) Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon is the premier place to go for Chinese netizen language designed to avoid the censors and to poke fun at the political system. Over the years, CDT has...
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New country, new language, new school — new locker - Hamilton Spectator
New country, new language, new school — new lockerHamilton SpectatorEventually, Soudain, who emigrated from Iran in September 2012, started hanging out at St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic high school's...
View ArticleDER HOBIT.
Natalie Schachar at Tablet has one of those oddball translation stories I love, Yiddish-Speaking Wizards and Dragons Invade the Shire in ‘Der Hobit’":For one of his first translation projects after his...
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