Category: languages
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“all hyperlinks have been vetted” – “to vet” – what does it mean?
https://library.oreilly.com/book/0636920030195/mining-the-social-web-2nd-edition/9 – this is where I came across “to vet” http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920030195.do – “Mining the Social Web, 2nd Edition” – Preface / “Conventions Used in This Book” / the very 1st paragraph https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vet#Etymology_3 http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2008/09/vetting_vet.html – the origins of vet, verb tr.
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a nice Russian and Hebrew word: Балаган = בלגן – pronounced “balagan”, it means: disorder
The word originated from Persian “balatchan”, borrowed by Turkish as “bala han”, and from Turkish to Russian as “balagan”, since there’s no “h” in Russian it is always replaced with “g”. In Persian in meant “balcony” (which is the same word, same meaning), and also “attic”. In some Slavic language the word still has that…
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learn the beautiful logic of German animal names
http://www.babbel.com/magazine/funny-animal-names-in-german
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English has just one word for all types of blue – Hebrew goes one better – @elongilad’s latest color piece in HaAretz explains
http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/word-of-the-day/1.578992
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a “maven” is a trusted expert in a particular field, who seeks to pass knowledge on to others
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maven A maven (also mavin) is a trusted expert in a particular field, who seeks to pass knowledge on to others. The word maven comes from Hebrew, and means one who understands, based on an accumulation of knowledge. …
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English Writing: Spelling Rules – -ible or -able | EnglishClub.com
English Writing: Spelling Rules – -ible or -able | EnglishClub.com
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the word “agenda” in English and its pronunciations
agenda – Wiktionary My special challenge with this word is the “g”.
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emphases in the English language
adjectives get pronounced on their first syllable; e.g. …; counterexample: … verbs get pronounced on their second syllable; e.g. to refer, to access; counterexample: … nouns get pronounced on their first syllable; e.g. the access, …; counterexample: …
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how to answer the phone in Portuguese?
I subscribed for a phone number in Brasília recently, that’s because my SO stays there for the summer, and that makes communication easier.Looks like an important person has had the number before for quite a while, and I keep getting calls from strangers.I don’t get away with explaining in my pigeon Portuguese, that I am Jochen…