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Language rights under scrutiny in Finland - Alaska Dispatch
Language rights under scrutiny in FinlandAlaska DispatchA new cabinet report filed with Finland's Parliament notes that the rights enjoyed by different language groups in the nation are far from being...
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pronouncing words from Spanish
Americans and British pronunciation of Spanish (loan)words: I’ve had notes for this post in my ‘drafts’ folder since 2006 (when I did a similar post on French loanwords). But today Ben at Dialect Blog...
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Do bilingual kids have it better?
I have been doing a bit of thinking about bilingual children. Not having had the experiences that the blog writer Olga Mecking has had, it can be hard to imagine what it takes to have a kid in a...
View ArticleWebsite Translation in Adobe Experience Manager - Adobe CQ5
After Setting up Adobe Experience Manager for Multilanguage Websites Part 1 and Adobe Experience Manager Content Translation Part 2, web content management teams can focus on maintaining the current...
View Article6/20/13 - sally
(Often used with 'forth') 1. To suddenly rush out aggressively, to sortie. 2. To set out confidently on a trip or other venture.
View ArticleWords in the News: Cover-up
There are calls for a police investigation after officials ordered the destruction of evidence in a maternity deaths scandal, according to The Daily Telegraph. Full story >> VOCABULARY A cover-up...
View ArticleThe Scariest Phrase in American English? “You’re being audited.”
"Only two things in life are certain: death and taxes" the old saying goes. Sadly, as more and more details of the recent IRS scandal surface, the latter of the two has become a lot more worrisome. Not...
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"Look on the bright side: now you can justify getting something...
Your friend is upset because his car broke down. It was old, so it's not worth fixing. You want to cheer him up, so you say this. Look on the bright side: now you can justify getting something newer.
View ArticleReuters Video: Obama calls for nuclear arms cut
Speaking in front of the Brandenburg Gate, which once divided communist East Berlin from the capitalist West, President Obama said he wanted to reduce deployed nuclear weapons by a third. The U.S. and...
View ArticleCartoon: Cold War Posturing
This cartoon by Steve Bell from The Guardian relates to President Obama's speech at the Brandenburg Gate during which he called for a reduction in deployed nuclear weapons by a third (see previous...
View ArticleWord of the day: Sudoku
This is a number puzzle that has found its place alongside crossword puzzles in newspapers around the world. A very similar intellectual game was introduced in French newspapers in the 1890s, but...
View ArticleBerlibur ke pantai di Indonesia – kemana harus pergi?
Berikut adalah lima pilihan tujuan ketika Anda melakukan perjalanan ke Indonesia untuk liburan ke pantai. Saya akan memulai perjalanan dari bagian barat Indonesia untuk dapat dimengerti lebih mudah....
View ArticleBeach getaway in Indonesia – where to go?
Here are five destinations to visit when you travel to Indonesia for a beach getaway. I will start the journey from the western part of the country to make it easier. So, shall we start with the list? ;)
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Comanche Nation College Tries to Rescue a Lost Tribal Language - Chronicle of...
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)Comanche Nation College Tries to Rescue a Lost Tribal LanguageChronicle of Higher Education (subscription)A two-year tribal college in Lawton, Okla., is...
View ArticleELL Assessment Groups Move Ahead on Standards, New Tests
For teachers who work with English-language learners, there's more to grasp than the new common standards in English/language arts and mathematics and the coming assessments that go with them. Also...
View ArticleArgus Noun Pile Head Collection Notice
Joe Manfre writes: I was looking through a Flickr group celebrating the always sensationalist headlines for the Argus newspaper in Brighton and Hove, and in it I found a few pretty good noun piles:...
View ArticleSmart Language Apps: PhrasePack iOS and Android
Smart Language Apps: PhrasePack for iOS and Android … For a short time only the PhrasePack app for iOS and Android is now on sale for US$0.99. A bargain, as it’s normally priced at $4.99! The...
View ArticlePardon My French: Expressing Emotion in French Without Cursing!
French is both beautiful and expressive. Like other languages, it has words unsuitable in public, often used when tensions are running high! You don’t have to resort to bad language when you’re feeling...
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Cambridge rowers fined for urinating and bad language in races - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukCambridge rowers fined for urinating and bad language in racesTelegraph.co.ukAnother student was fined £50 for using abusive language to an umpire and a supporter of one of the King's...
View ArticleAn old dictionary, and a simple solution to an annoying problem
Michael Rundell has convincingly put the case for digital dictionaries, and I use them regularly and appreciate the benefits they bring. But I’ve also got shelves full of printed dictionaries – this...
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