#English

Okay, let me help out here:Jimin-i (not -ie) is rude.Jimin-a (not -ah) is rude. Let's say he's not a superstar, but just some guy. You know his name is Jimin
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English politics has a last days of Rome feel about it. Their country is dying around them but they can't bear to admit it Brexit has become a religion to
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Stating the obvious yet silent here. As many English as a second language (ESL) academic colleagues in the Higher Educ. sector, which employs +/-220,000 in total in the UK, I
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"Strapped" is used in modern slang to refer to someone who is carrying a weapon, and is very similar to term used for describing warriors of old in Sikh (and
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The NYT story about Dr. Jill Biden and Mr. Whoeverthe Fuckeheis manages to give the impression that academics appropriated the title "doctor" from physicians, when in fact it's the other
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In beginning Greek, you're told the prepositions προς & εις along with the dative case can all mean 'to'. This is a classic example of how unhelpful English-priority Greek teaching
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Amusing mistranslations from Illusion of Gaia thread. Updated as I find them. My favorite so far. A guard drops some crummy bread for you to eat. Original English:"It’s today’s ration
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The burgeoning medical scandal that goes by "teen transgender medicine," which I've been investigating for the last year, has changed my view on American exceptionalism. I am, and will always
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What happens when regional languages are allowed to thrive in a province? Let's look at Sindhi, a language that is widely applied in curriculum and scholarly level in the province.
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The Iran rockets are stamped “2016”. In ENGLISH. Likely funded by the US TAXPAYER? Via Obama’s pallets of cash sent to Iran in Aug, 2016? Thank God for President Trump!
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1/ In my world every day is a celebration of books, however, happy official #BookLoversDay to all my fellow literature enthusiasts! Reading has always been my passion. In fact, it’s
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Where I live in The Valleys is slowly turning into an English village. Locals have been priced out of one part already. The newcomers I’ve spoken to seem to dislike
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1/ Here’s a story for you. When we moved to England from Peru, it took my dad (in his 50s at the time) years to speak English AND feel comfortable
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There's a reason that racist poems are often bad on the level of craft. It's because, as M. NourbeSe Philip says, English—a colonial language—requires decontamination. That is a rigorous thing,
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Hey sci-fi and fantasy writers, it's OK to put words like Aleahji'Quadkta or whatever into your stories. But just stringing semi-random letters together will only take you so far. So,
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Great illustration of why auto-captions aren't the solution abled folks think they are.As well as a demonstration of why giving a student with hand disabilities speech recognition isn't an instant
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