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What has happened to /iː/ in British pronunciation?
31 May 2026 #accents #phonetics #vowelsound /iː/ (widely known in phonetics as the FLEECE vowel) is generally classified as a long, close/front, monophthong in Standard British English, and this is how it appears in dictionaries. But how far is this … Continue reading
Sizes
And what it takes to make them It’s not just you. Sizes are hard. Like… what size am I? In some brands I am a 12, in some I am an 8, I have even been—get this— a size 2. … Continue reading
How Language Shapes The Way You Think｜语言如何悄悄塑造我们的思维方式
22 May 2026 #languagelearning #linguistics #english Have you ever thought about how language shapes the way you think? I’ve been thinking about it a lot recently and wanted to share my thoughts! It’s particularly interesting between languages that are … Continue reading
She Was the World’s First Test-Tube Baby in 1978 — Here’s What She Looks Like Now
16 Jun 2026 #LouiseBrown #IVF #TestTubeBaby She was the first human being ever conceived outside the body — and today she lives a quiet, ordinary life in Bristol. This is the incredible true story of Louise Joy Brown, the world’s … Continue reading
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