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Baybayin – the lost tagalog script of pre-Spanish conquest
As the days go by I learn more about the nation its history and the people in these beautiful Islands of the Philippines. Until today I thought the West brought literacy to Philippines but that is not so in fact... Wrong way not to read this, please
"The authorities in the Chinese city of Shanghai are starting a campaign to try to spot and correct badly phrased English on signs in public places.Chinglish, as the inaccurate use of the language is known, has... Frenemy, Locavore, Vlog Enter Webster's Dictionary
Neologisms such as Frenemy, locavore, and vlog have officially become English-language words, according to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Among the 100 new additions to the dictionary are:Frenemy: an emeny who acts like a friendVlog: video blogLocavore: one who eats... Monkeys Recognize Bad Grammar
Cotton-top tamarin monkeys are a step ahead of most web users, and can recognize bad grammar when they see it. When subjected to repeated series of syllables, the monkeys could recognize when those syllables... Sri Lanka's forgotten displaced Muslims
Displaced in Sri Lanka dueto late ltte terror. " Sri Lanka's forgotten displaced Muslims By Swaminathan Natarajan ... Raising Baby Bilingual
At just 3 1/2 years old, Saigon Sam has been an ongoing, linguistic experiment all his short life. His circumstances and situation continually raise a lot of interest among foreigners and Vietnamese alike here in... Export Quality "Eelam". LTTE maybe eyeing Malaysia as next stop
Day by day it is getting clear that LTTE cannot establish it's Utopian homeland in Sri Lanka in the wake of the current situation the organization is in. In an analysis run by Sri Lankan news papers, there was a...
created by israeli.agent | 28 wks ago | updated 28 wks ago
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580 views | 8 recommendations | 12 comments
Asian American Names are "too hard to deal with" Says Rep. Brown
Texas lawmaker Betty Brown has come under fire this week for implying that Asian-Americans need to pick new American names "to make it easier for Americans to deal with." In a session on Tuesday, while discussing... New buzz word: GREEN SHOOTS
UK Housing Market May Show ‘Green Shoots,’ UBS, Goldman Say Bloomberg By Svenja O’Donnell March 20 (Bloomberg) — The UK housing market may be showing “green shoots” as government measures to boost...
created by Patricia Turo | 31 wks ago | updated 31 wks ago
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112 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Speak English or French to be Canadian: MP
Barry Artiste Op/Ed Wow, who knew we have a common sense politician in our midst?Like I always said, when in Rome......................................Vancouver BC, has to be one of the largest Canadian cities...
created by Barry Artiste | 32 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago
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163 views | 6 recommendations | 3 comments
What are our children learning?
One major focus in schools from elementary to post secondary, is what kids are being taught in their classes. Well, the issue that I propose is what is not being taught. The bread and butter of any post secondary enrollment are mathematics and English. Articulation and... Could Bad Spelling be Worse than Body Odor?
English or American English (a different beast) is not my native language even though my brain after 18 some years here in the US has English programmed as the default language as I realized recently when thinking about things I wanted to mention in a letter to my mother (to... Obama's Speeches Used in Japanese English Classes
English language students in Japan have been using past speeches of Barack Obama to practice their understanding and pronunciation. In fact, this trend has become so popular that the book they... French is dead. Long live Franglais!!
If you thought learning French was difficult, here’s some advice to help you get round the problem. Just learn HALF the language!! The rest can quite simply be replaced by English, as demonstrated by these examples, which make up only O.4367% of the totality of English... Dolphin Language Lexicon Hope
Scientists have been trying to crack dolphin language for many years and now they have made a scientific breakthrough that for the first time offers the hope of producing a lexicon of dolphin words. A new...
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