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The Year That Killed Received Pronunciation (RP)

[…] Practically the moment the familiar vowel symbols for British English were published, they plummeted drastically out of fashion. This video explains how and why. 0:00 Introduction 1:04 MyHeritage 2:45 A. C. Gimson’s book 5:33 The 1960’s 10:30 Advanced RP … Continue reading

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Verdant Landscapes and Burgeoning Plants Crawl Across Walls in ONIRO’s Vibrant Anatomical Murals | Colossal

MAY 8, 2024 KATE MOTHES “Coltivazione del Sé” (2021), Cassino, Italy. All images © ONIRO Greenery abounds in the large-scale murals of Italian artist ONIRO, who often focuses on themes of interconnectedness and balance, especially between humans and the natural … Continue reading

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Can you be gormful, wistless or ert?

oin word nerds Jess and Rob as they uncover English’s unpaired words, lost positives and orphaned negatives. Why can you be “nonchalant” but not “chalant”? If something perfect is “immaculate”, what does it mean to be “maculate”? And if you’re … Continue reading

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A thread of the world’s most beautiful libraries… 🧵

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Why Do Experts Always Defend Language Mistakes

Practice critical thinking and become a smarter news consumer by subscribing through my link https://ground.news/drgeofflindsey to get 40% off unlimited access with the Vantage Plan. So often linguists seem to be defending language errors simply because they’re all ‘woke’. In … Continue reading

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Dr. Yara Haridy: Bird bones are hollow, here’s how it works!

Here’s the full interview: • Dr. Yara Haridy: The Evolution Of You… One of the many adaptations birds have for flight is hollow bones. Here, Dr. Yara Haridy and Jon Perry discuss how bird bones remodel to form these hollow … Continue reading

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Two hidden treasures inside St Paul’s Cathedral… 👀#london #londonhistory

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Edward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs | Lex Fridman Podcast #426

Edward Gibson is a psycholinguistics professor at MIT and heads the MIT Language Lab. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Yahoo Finance: https://yahoofinance.com – Listening: https://listening.com/lex and use code LEX to get one month free – … Continue reading

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The Secret KGB Lamp Post in London!

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Why Some Designs Are Impossible to Improve: Quintessence

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