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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. 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

  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. 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-

  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. 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

  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