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View ArticleIs the Meaning of Hybrid Changing?
I had to have some body work done on my car, a Honda Civic Hybrid, and I needed a rental for the duration. A friendly woman from Enterprise Rent-A-Car picked me up at the body shop. We had this...
View ArticleRhinospike Helps You Get Text Read Aloud by Native Speakers
A reader named John suggested awhile ago that I check out this free website service called Rhinospike. It’s been around for some time but I had no idea about it sadly. I wish I did though. There have...
View ArticleTHE MIDWAY PLAISANCE.
Via John Emerson's Facebook stream, I found this striking sentence: "The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy is the patchwork-quilt, the Midway Plaisance, the national chain-gang of Europe; a state that is not a...
View ArticleJournalistic quotation accuracy
So here's how Maureen Dowd quoted Charline McCray. And here's the actual audio https://t.co/O7oXItZTDp Huh. pic.twitter.com/zx4AeQdgwH — Jody Avirgan (@jodyavirgan) August 21, 2013 Here's Dowd's...
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Keeping your freelance finances in order
Disclaimer: I’m not an accountant or an attorney; these are just some tips from my own experience and what works for me in my freelance business. Managing your freelance finances is a) time-consuming...
View ArticleCrispy curly noodle cakes
This morning, Jason Riggle and I were on Minnesota Public Radio's The Daily Circuit, discussing word aversion. You can listen here: After the show, the guy who set me up in the studio at WXPN confided...
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McDonald's customer alleges language discrimination - CBC.ca
McDonald's customer alleges language discriminationCBC.ca"She said, 'You don't know English,' and then she returned my order. She said, 'We are very busy, don't stay here,'" Hai Xia Sun told CBC News....
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Google+ Posts Getting Language Translation Services - eWeek
Siliconrepublic.comGoogle+ Posts Getting Language Translation ServiceseWeek"Whenever there's a Google+ public post or comment that isn't in your language, you'll now see a 'Translate' link underneath...
View Article8/22/13 - ocean
1. The totality of salt water covering three fourths of the Earth's surface. 2. The five designated areas of this expanse: the Antarctic, Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. 3. A deluge,...
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Opponents of Palo Alto housing project say ballot language is biased - San...
Opponents of Palo Alto housing project say ballot language is biasedSan Jose Mercury NewsBut Stump said she is sticking with her language. "The changes they would like to see are more in the direction...
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Body language can ward off bullying, expert says - KATU
Body language can ward off bullying, expert saysKATUBody language can go a long way in helping your kids avoid bullies as they get ready to head back to school. In short, confidence is key, one expert...
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For Spanish-language voice of Packers, wider audience is a kick - Milwaukee...
For Spanish-language voice of Packers, wider audience is a kickMilwaukee Journal SentinelFor Spanish-language sportscasters, the signature call is everything. It conveys passion and personality, a slow...
View ArticleWord of the day: Moped
The word moped was introduced in Swedish by the journalist Harald Nielsen in 1952 as a combination of motor and pedal. The word caught on in German and English almost immediately, and by the late 1950s...
View ArticleLearn Russian and Stay Positive
Learning Russian is not an easy task and it’s important to stay positive while tackling numerous grammar rules and even more numerous exceptions to them. So today’s word is позитив. While the word is a...
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Text Message Fraud (a sample)
Photo by .sl. on Flickr There’s a fair amount of text message (SMS) fraud going on in China, and if you have cell phone number here, you’re likely to receive this type of text at some point. As a...
View ArticleGuide to Translation Memory - TM
Translation memory (TM) is a software application that gives translators the opportunity to reuse existing translations. Translation Memory, or TM, is a simple database of translated strings or...
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"Why would you go all the way downtown to get a haircut when there's a...
Your son got a haircut. He went to a hair salon in another part of the city and spent a lot of money. You think he should have gone to a cheaper barber shop nearby. Why would you go all the way...
View ArticleThe Good Guys
"My daddy is a movie actor, and sometimes he plays the good guy, and sometimes he plays the lawyer” Malcolm Ford tells his preschool classmates what his father, actor Harrison Ford, does for a living....
View ArticleReasons why Spanish is easy (…or not so much)
Over the years I’ve heard many opinions on how difficult learning Spanish is. The answer is normally subjective, since it depends on several factors including the learner’s mother tongue, motivation...
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