My little Union Jack
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I won this little Union Jack
when I started to learn English…
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, 1966.
It is a trophy of sorts.
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Eucatastrophe
Eucatastrophe
A sudden and unexpected fortuitous event.
Coined in 1944 by JRR Tolkien, who defined it as
‘the sudden happy turn in a story which pierces you with a joy that brings tears’.
The Lord of the Rings author was an expert etymologist,
and worked on the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
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Im luking for a gud book
Can u recomend me a gud book?
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R – Kipling – Captains Courageous
Aviso de navegantes:
ya sabe usted que
le recomiendo siempre
leer los libros
en su idioma original,
si le es posible. […]
R – Dirk Robson – Krek Waiter’s Peak Bristle
Correct Way to Speak Bristol
Paperback – 1972
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L – What Brits say versus what they mean – handy de-coding device
A handy guide for our fellow Europeans,
and others trying to fathom weaselly Brit-speak.
Suggest you have this to hand at the next meeting
[h/t Nicholas Pialek]
«Sadly, I didn’t write it.
It’s just one of those great things
that is being passed around on the internet.»
Duncan Green
From Poverty to Power
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Gp -us-mn- Ven Two Minnesootins Meet Oop Nort On da Lake Fichen – Translated by Patrick H. Wynne
“Ven Two Minnesootins Meet Oop Nort On da Lake Fichen”
When Two Minnesotans Meet Up North On the Lake Fishing […]
L – Hummus For Thought – English-Arabic Gender dictionary now available online
2016/03/07/
english-arabic-gender-dictionary-
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