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View ArticleEarworms and white bears
Zits for 8/31/2013: The OED glosses earworm as "A catchy tune or piece of music (or occas. a word or phrase) which persistently stays in a person's mind, esp. to the point of irritation". I was...
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Noche Oscura en Lima - Chapter 29
A pesar de los esfuerzos que Pablo González hacía para mantenerse despierto, se le cerraban los ojos.[1] Sin embargo, cuando Grant volvió a entrar en el cuarto, Pablo...
View ArticleReview: Punctuation..?
I've posted a number of book reviews on this blog, but I think this one is the first I have concrete plans to use in the near future. I was asked to review "Punctuation..?", a short 35-page...
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Pardon the Language - PJ Media
PJ MediaPardon the LanguagePJ MediaA year into the Syrian civil war, President Obama made an off-the-cuff remark regarding chemical weapons. He said: We have been very clear to the Assad regime, but...
View ArticleSuccessful Thai Language Learner: Ruedi Seiler
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Ruedi Seiler Nationality: Swiss Age: 29 Sex: male Location: Switzerland/Thailand Profession: Scientist (Geography, Dendrochronology), Diving...
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Most W.Va. graduates earn health-related degrees - Charleston Gazette
Most W.Va. graduates earn health-related degreesCharleston GazetteThe greatest increase in degrees in the state over a five-year span is in foreign languages, literature and linguistics. Nearly 120...
View ArticleA NEARLY PERFECT BOOK.
Nathan Heller has a good piece in Harvard Magazine about Andrew Hoyem's Arion Press , "a fine-edition publisher in San Francisco. Some of the books it has produced are set by hand, and all are printed...
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Liberal media distort the gun debate; loaded language misleads the public -...
Liberal media distort the gun debate; loaded language misleads the publicWashington TimesEditor's Note: The second of three articles excerpted from the new book “Emily Gets Her Gun but Obama Wants to...
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Labour MP admits using 'industrial language' in Gove confrontation after...
The SunLabour MP admits using 'industrial language' in Gove confrontation after Syria ...Express.co.uk... admits using 'industrial language' in Gove confrontation after Syria vote. LABOUR's shadow...
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Area school systems learning to communicate in other languages - Richmond...
Area school systems learning to communicate in other languagesRichmond Times DispatchA 16-year-old boy with no formal schooling and no English language skills showed up at J.R. Tucker High School last...
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What's funny to you in English?
When I was in college, I studied the plays of William Shakespeare. Shakespeare is probably the greatest writer in the English language, but he wrote several hundred years ago. So some of his plays can...
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Senate Democrats Drafting New Language For Authorization Of Military Force In...
Senate Democrats Drafting New Language For Authorization Of Military Force In ...Huffington PostSen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said Sunday that Democratic aides in the Senate are drafting new language for...
View Article9/2/13 - labor
1. Work for wages. 2. Difficult or exhausting work. 3. The process of childbirth. 4. The liberal political party in Britain and certain other countries (capitalized).
View Article"It wasn't" in English and Chinese
From "Zits" for August 30, 2013 — the episode just before the one featured in "Earworms and white bears": "It wasn't", in the third panel, seems like a simple enough statement in English, but a friend...
View ArticleCartoon: On Your Marks, Get Set, Wait For It ...
Today's cartoon from The Independent shows President Obama as a starter starting a race with a starting pistol. However, instead of runners, there are missiles on the track and a sign pointing towards...
View ArticleWord of the day: Ombudsman
The word ombudsman originated in Swedish and refers to a form of legal representative. The first parliamentary office with an ombudsman was established in Sweden in 1809, largely in response to the...
View ArticleWhat do we do when August ends?
Being born and raised in Romania, I have tried to get to know as much as I could of this piece of land; this area full of so many natural resources and charismatic people. In case you haven’t heard...
View ArticleCe facem în Septembrie?
Cum m-am născut și locuiesc în România, am încercat să-mi cunosc cât mai bine țara și ce îmi poate oferi această bucată minunată de pământ, plină de atâtea resurse naturale și de atâția oameni cu...
View ArticleThe mutable route of ‘commute’
I used to dread this time of year. Childhood summers in the countryside were so long and absorbing that I virtually forgot all about school; its return every autumn was a rude interruption of my...
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