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Neanderthal Legacy
A documentary on the archaeological work in the cave of La Grande Roche at Quincay, France. The idea was also to show the team work, the diversity (coming from different places in the world: the Netherlands, but also Spain, Australia, … Continue reading
11 Difficult English Accents You WON’T Understand
❓🤨❓ How good are your English listening skills? Can you figure out where these accents are from? Can you understand what they are saying? […]
The Canterbury Tales, or, How Technology Changes The Way We Speak: The London History Show
[…] Sources and further reading: British Library accents and dialects archive: https://tinyurl.com/3zz66jam McGillivray, M. 2013. Canterbury Tales 1 – 541 read aloud: https://vimeo.com/56602418 Robson, D. 2016. Has The Queen Become Frightfully Common? https://tinyurl.com/2p8usbah Strycharczuk, P. et al. 2020. General Northern … Continue reading
We must not forget what happened to the world’s Indigenous children | Aeon Essays
oys at Kamloops Indian Residential School, probably before the 1920s. All photos courtesy the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at the University of British Columbia, except where noted Thousands of Indigenous children suffered and died in residential ‘schools’ … Continue reading
Surprising Things about American English
Here’s a collection of things I find surprising about American English as a British linguist living in Southern California. I look at vowel mergers in US English, vocabulary and grammar features, surprising pronunciations and hypercorrections. This is the first time … Continue reading
Sinéad O’Connor’s 1992 ‘SNL’ Photo-Ripping Controversy Explained | My Modern Met
By Regina Sienra on July 28, 2023 Photo: Screenshot from YouTube Sinéad O’Connor’s performance in 1992 was very controversial at the time, but a lot of people are seeing it differently now. Singer Sinéad O’Connor has passed away at age … Continue reading
Overdue Library Book Is Finally Returned 119 Years Late | My Modern Met
By Regina Sienra on July 27, 2023 hoto: zatletic/Depositphotos Forgetting to return a library book is common. But 119 years late? Have you ever returned a library book late? Perhaps by a day or two or maybe even a week? … Continue reading
HOW TO USE THOU …as well as thee, thy, ye & you.
English used to have a formal and informal way of saying “you” – like lots of other languages do now! Allow me to explain… What does “thou” actually mean? How is it different to “you”? And what about “thee”? These … Continue reading
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