#English

just wanted to bring up something that i've noticed and have been thinking about for a while: 巧克力吧/棒 (qiǎokèlì ba/bàng) is the literal chinese phrase for "chocolate bar." sure, it's
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One thing that has bothered me about the linguistic debate in Quebec is the assumption that “the English language in Quebec” and “Quebec anglophone culture” are interchangeable. English will never
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This particular concept, in this particular phrasing, has come up twice in my feed recently, so I want to discuss it. This thing - the essentializing of "Y*****" as a
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New commentary from PACE shares early findings on student learning in Grades 4–10 in 18 school districts in the CORE Data Collaborative. It shows significant learning loss in ELA &
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Manchester United U21 vs Tottenham U21 final - where are they now?Most of these players were hailed to be out starters for the next decade back in 2013. Here we
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What do I tell patients with COVID that are well enough to be discharged from the ED? (a brief thread) 1/7 I given them this sheet and say... 2/7https://covid19criticalcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FLCCC-I-MASK-Protocol-v7-2020-12-27
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THREAD #China has issued the new #ChineseAid White Paper. Originally rumoured to come out in 2016 and 2018, it took till 2021. Thus suggest a major discussion process behind it,
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Interesting results from my new CO2 sensor; a MH-Z19B NDIR sensor connected to an ESP8266 running Tasmota. The data is sent to an Influx time series database and viewed with
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I am a polytheist, so I insist that the Goddess deserves as much respect as the God. But the anglicised elite follows British English, which privileges the One Male God.
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Thread on My Meetings w Putin(!)As I read the stories of Trump’s phone calls w Putin, I’m reminded of my own interactions with Putin decades ago. (Yes, I met with
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THREAD #China has issued the new #ChineseAid White Paper. Originally rumoured to come out in 2016 and 2018, it took till 2021. Thus suggest a major discussion process behind it,
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Swedish animals were popular, so let's do some Swedish birds. No. Not that kind of bird.This is a "blåmes" in Swedish when it's blue, or a talgoxe when it's black.
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HOLD UP. This wouldn’t be a video of Dinesh D’Souza @DineshDSouza pronouncing Thailand like every other English speaker pronounces it, would it? https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/exclusive-ward-churchill-vs-dinesh-dsouza Here’s a sec
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Subtitles in anime are someone's adaptation. If you give a show to three different translators, you'll get three different sets of subtitles. What you're reading, is in fact, not the
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Quick thread on 'inclusive language'.Sample of recent of straight-faced 'woman' substitutions I've seen from various ostensibly serious organisations:MenstruatorChestfeederBleederPerson with (uterus/vagina/cervix/ovaries
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