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roderickdale.co.uk
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| | | | | I have expanded this blog post in the light of comments received on Twitter, and to clarify a couple of issues that were not expressed particularly clearly when it began its life as a short rant. I fear I neglect this blog too much. There is, and has been, so much going on in my... | |
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nautil.us
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| | | | | The word lox was one of the clues that eventually led linguists to discover who the Proto-Indo-Europeans were, and where they lived.Photograph by Helen Cook / Flickr Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . One of my favorite words is lox," says Gregory Guy, a professor of linguistics at New [...] | |
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johnwickerson.wordpress.com
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| | | | | Your task is to write down a sequence of English words that, after possibly moving around the spaces between the words, become their German translations. As stated, this is pretty easy: for instance, I could write down the single English word SAND which translates to the single German word SAND. Or I could be a... | |
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dannybate.com
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| | | Reading time: 5-10 minutes For this month, I'd like to highlight a phonological phenomenon that should be part of the conceptual toolkit of all etymology fans. It's something that's happened in the history of English, and in languages that have gone on to influence English. Awareness of this change can therefore clarify and connect all... | ||
