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English is a Germanic language, and yet about ¼�of its words have been�imported from France, thanks to William the Conqueror and the�Battle of Hastings.� (1066! 1066!) �Almost ½�of English seems ...
by Youffraita
on Wed Apr 03, 2024 at 03:30 AM PDT
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Yesterday at the The Moth in Chicago the theme was Chemistry. I got the highest score of the night. After the The Moth slam my buddy and great storyteller James Gordon told me that he wanted to hear what my story was about, so am going to share a...
by The Boss Gomez
on Wed Feb 21, 2024 at 08:46 AM PST
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📦ENGIn Champions: Tutoring Ukrainians in English homepage & diary list founded 2023 by captainfactoid — Comments and stories, with tips on how to get started. It's easier than you might think - and there is more help available.
by mettle fatigue
on Thu Feb 01, 2024 at 04:00 PM PST
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A white, female, high school Advanced Placement English teacher in South Carolina was reprimanded when students in one of her classes and parents protested to the local school board that she had assigned “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates...
by Alan Singer
on Thu Jan 25, 2024 at 06:04 AM PST
with 32 Recommends
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Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. While ...
by Ojibwa
on Thu Aug 17, 2023 at 01:29 PM PDT
with 19 Recommends
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Bring on the grammar police! (Disclosure: I have been one.) No, today let’s just take a look at why English is such a weird language. And why it’s so tough to learn. Just ask Ricky Ricardo: ...
by Youffraita
on Wed Aug 16, 2023 at 03:30 AM PDT
with 44 Recommends
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Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day.
In ...
by Ojibwa
on Sat Sep 16, 2023 at 01:06 PM PDT
with 27 Recommends
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Ordnance is military equipment. Originally used to just mean artillery and other similar mounted guns, it eventually expanded to include pretty much anything that explodes. An ordinance is a rule or law passed by a municipal authority. I keep seeing...
by rramstad
on Sun Jul 23, 2023 at 09:35 PM PDT
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The English binomial system—that is, the practice of people having a first name and a family name—is a fairly recent practice. As with many other things in English history, we should start in ...
by Ojibwa
on Sun Mar 19, 2023 at 08:30 AM PDT
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My brother helped me come up with a topic for my question for today. If you could pick up one word in as many translations in other languages as possible, what word would that be? Would it be something short and sweet like Love> Or would ie be...
by CameronProf
on Wed Mar 08, 2023 at 10:12 AM PST
with 16 Recommends
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The English binomial system—that is, the practice of people having a first name and a family name—is a somewhat recent practice. As with many other things in English history, we should start in ...
by Ojibwa
on Sun Mar 05, 2023 at 08:30 AM PST
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Another day, another bizarre attack on books. Why? Because conservatives just can’t help themselves when it comes to stomping down any vulnerable population. They’ll ban trans girls from participating in sports teams with their peers. They’ll silence...
by Marissa Higgins
on Tue Aug 23, 2022 at 01:17 PM PDT
with 42 Recommends
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As incidents of violence targeting Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities continue to increase nationwide, California is among the states that have seen the highest rise. San Francisco specifically has repeatedly made headlines for the...
by Aysha Qamar
on Wed Jun 22, 2022 at 12:05 PM PDT
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In English-speaking societies, the dead are remembered in a number of ways, including funerals which are held shortly after death and the more long-lasting epitaphs and obituaries. The origins of ...
by Ojibwa
on Sun Mar 27, 2022 at 07:17 AM PDT
with 62 Recommends
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[Note: This is a politics-free diary] A national pastime in England is to criticize the English spoken by people who aren’t English. These self-confident language mavens (experts by their own estimation) claim they are the ones who speak the language...
by TheCriticalMind
on Fri Jan 07, 2022 at 02:03 PM PST
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If the last two years have done anything for us, it’s demonstrated that if you are not going to the movies regularly, or spending your time strolling around the fading glories of retail America, ...
by Mark Sumner
on Fri Dec 31, 2021 at 10:00 AM PST
with 37 Recommends
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by Nick Nguyen and Carmen Scurato This story was originally published at Prism. So far the Facebook Papers have led to dozens of stories about how the company knew it was failing to remove hate speech, misinformation, and calls to violence in languages...
by Prism Guest Writer
on Wed Nov 03, 2021 at 08:21 AM PDT
with 21 Recommends
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Last month, I made a comment about teaching English in a foreign country. People seemed interested in the idea so I decided to share with the DK community some thoughts based on my experience of teaching English in Argentina. Note that this is oriented...
by Krotor
on Thu Oct 21, 2021 at 09:00 AM PDT
with 40 Recommends
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If you want to know what escalation after Dragonball Super and GT looks like, well its Super Dragonball Heroes. So here you go: Episode 1: Episode 2: Episode 3: Episode 4: Episode 5: Episode 6: Episode 7: Episode 8: Episode 9: Episode 10: Episode 11:...
by Kaizar
on Fri Oct 01, 2021 at 03:24 PM PDT
with 1 Recommend
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Recent events in the United States have been labeled with words such as riot and sedition . Here’s some etymology (i.e., word histories) relating to some of these terms.
by Ojibwa
on Mon Apr 12, 2021 at 07:31 AM PDT
with 37 Recommends
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