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  1. TO BAM. To impose on any one by a falsity; also to jeer or make fun of any one.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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    #books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

  2. TO BAM. To impose on any one by a falsity; also to jeer or make fun of any one.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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    #books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

  3. “…this language is who I am. I look around the school at students immersed in #culture, with their #language embedded in them. Knowing who we are will give us a good idea of where we have to go.”

    #Indigenous #FirstNations #languages #education

    windspeaker.com/news/windspeak

  4. “…this language is who I am. I look around the school at students immersed in #culture, with their #language embedded in them. Knowing who we are will give us a good idea of where we have to go.”

    #Indigenous #FirstNations #languages #education

    windspeaker.com/news/windspeak

  5. “…this language is who I am. I look around the school at students immersed in #culture, with their #language embedded in them. Knowing who we are will give us a good idea of where we have to go.”

    #Indigenous #FirstNations #languages #education

    windspeaker.com/news/windspeak

  6. “…this language is who I am. I look around the school at students immersed in #culture, with their #language embedded in them. Knowing who we are will give us a good idea of where we have to go.”

    #Indigenous #FirstNations #languages #education

    windspeaker.com/news/windspeak

  7. World Wide Words

    “[Chronicling] at least a part of this shifting wordscape — new coinages, #Word histories, books on #Language, curious idioms, and the oddities of native #English speech.”

    worldwidewords.org

  8. World Wide Words

    “[Chronicling] at least a part of this shifting wordscape — new coinages, #Word histories, books on #Language, curious idioms, and the oddities of native #English speech.”

    worldwidewords.org

  9. World Wide Words

    “[Chronicling] at least a part of this shifting wordscape — new coinages, #Word histories, books on #Language, curious idioms, and the oddities of native #English speech.”

    worldwidewords.org

  10. Sadly, an example of a Scottish researcher incorrectly presenting 'facts' about Welsh: walls are not "known as 'clawdd' or 'cloddiau'".

    'Cloddiau', or course, is the plural form of 'clawdd'. So they are not different words for a wall.

    Source: Paterson, Mhairi (2015) 'Set in Stone?' Building a new geography of the
    dry-stone wall. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

    #heritage #language #welsh #cymraeg #cymru #wales

  11. Sadly, an example of a Scottish researcher incorrectly presenting 'facts' about Welsh: walls are not "known as 'clawdd' or 'cloddiau'".

    'Cloddiau', or course, is the plural form of 'clawdd'. So they are not different words for a wall.

    Source: Paterson, Mhairi (2015) 'Set in Stone?' Building a new geography of the
    dry-stone wall. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

    #heritage #language #welsh #cymraeg #cymru #wales

  12. "Kurdish-language teacher Adel al-Sayed, from Qamishli in Hasakah province, told The New Arab that students he had spoken to preferred all school subjects to be taught in Kurdish, while having no objection to learning other languages, including Arabic.

    He said some students who had spent 12 years studying in Kurdish and were preparing to enter university could be particularly affected because they did not speak Arabic fluently. He added that they had welcomed Abdi’s call to continue attending Kurdish-language schools.

    Teacher Bahar Bublani, also from Qamishli, said schools across northeastern Syria and the rest of the country began the academic year on 6 September, but classes were suspended at several schools in the Jazira region that use Kurdish as their language of instruction."

    newarab.com/news/abdi-says-see

    #Syria #Rojava #Kurdish #language #education

  13. A walk in the park? A jog around the block? A trek across the Himalayas? (No idea how "easy," "medium," or "hard" these are!) However you find them, you'll get some mental exercise. :)

    Click below for "Makin' Bacon" and see you on Sunday!

    tinyurl.com/397bpczr

    #crossword #puzzle #game #exercise #european #language #words

  14. A walk in the park? A jog around the block? A trek across the Himalayas? (No idea how "easy," "medium," or "hard" these are!) However you find them, you'll get some mental exercise. :)

    Click below for "Makin' Bacon" and see you on Sunday!

    tinyurl.com/397bpczr

    #crossword #puzzle #game #exercise #european #language #words

  15. A walk in the park? A jog around the block? A trek across the Himalayas? (No idea how "easy," "medium," or "hard" these are!) However you find them, you'll get some mental exercise. :)

    Click below for "Makin' Bacon" and see you on Sunday!

    tinyurl.com/397bpczr

    #crossword #puzzle #game #exercise #european #language #words

  16. Esta tarde no tengo clases. I don’t have class this afternoon. #Spanish vocabulary for school. #LearnSpanish. Visit the #Language Garage to learn more. thelanguagegarage.com/spanish-

  17. Esta tarde no tengo clases. I don’t have class this afternoon. #Spanish vocabulary for school. #LearnSpanish. Visit the #Language Garage to learn more. thelanguagegarage.com/spanish-

  18. Esta tarde no tengo clases. I don’t have class this afternoon. #Spanish vocabulary for school. #LearnSpanish. Visit the #Language Garage to learn more. thelanguagegarage.com/spanish-

  19. J’étudie à la bibliothèque. I study in the library. #French vocabulary for school. #LearnFrench. Visit the #Language Garage to learn more. thelanguagegarage.com/french-s

  20. J’étudie à la bibliothèque. I study in the library. #French vocabulary for school. #LearnFrench. Visit the #Language Garage to learn more. thelanguagegarage.com/french-s

  21. J’étudie à la bibliothèque. I study in the library. #French vocabulary for school. #LearnFrench. Visit the #Language Garage to learn more. thelanguagegarage.com/french-s