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79How to: speak American English (you say potato...)
When I first came out to America, from England, I had no idea I would not be understood. It was a puzzle. Here I was, speaking perfect English, but very few people understood me. I learned that many of...
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76Do You Ride or Wear A Toboggan?
Several years ago, we had some friends who were Yankees (and they were pretty darn proud of that fact). He was from northern Maine and she was from New Hampshire. You really don't get much more Yankee than...
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59Anglu Kalbos Kursai
Today the world is a smaller place. We can simply jump on a plane to travel to another country. The most exotic locations are now destinations for mass tourism. Business people are dealing across frontiers...
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77Single Crochet Texture Small Drawstring Bag or Cell Phone Pouch - Free Pattern With How-To Photos
This small drawstring bag can be used as a cell phone pouch or as a little bag for separating a few things to keep handy, in your purse or backpack. Extra photos give closer looks at how to do parts of the pattern.
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64Butler English
Surely, you know all about British English and American English. But then, do you know about Butler English? Butler English? Yes, it is a dialect peculiar to India! It all started when the British came to...
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82how to talk jamaican
If you travel to jamaica or have a conversation with a jamaican you may at one time or the other say to yourself, or just come out and say what the hell are you saying, Jamaican People all speak english but...
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69British vs American English - Are we Really Speaking the Same Language?
As a UK based (born and bred) writer, I seem to spend a lot of time pretending to be American. Most of the SEO work I do for hire is for clients in North America. They don't mind me being British. Some of...
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61Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Panda Punctuation Book
When I started reading Lynne Truss’s book “Eats, Shoots and Leaves,” I was excited about the information she promised to deliver. Finally, I would understand the use of the comma, my punctuation...
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66Why We Study Language
Studying language is as essential to modern society as taking census. Like our populations, “[l] anguage change happens and there’s nothing you can do about it,” states Robert MacNeil,...
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66Accent Reduction Classes in Washington DC
When pronouncing phrases and sentences American English speakers use linking to join words together so that they flow together smoothly. Linked words do not always sound the same as they do when they are said...
