The Conversation – Martin Worthington – November 25, 2021 In the Marvel film Eternals you’ll hear lines of Babylonian being spoken. It is the first major film to feature this ancient Iraqi language, which was spoken from at least 2000 BC to at least 500 BC. Our knowledge of Babylonian comes from written sources, usually
Read MoreAfter trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud, and we’ll be honest with you, we struggled with parts of it. Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. I will keep
Read MoreThe British Empire hasn’t been in existence for almost three-quarters of a century. At the peak of its might, it covered close to a quarter of the world’s land area and ruled a fifth of its population. But the empire changed, transformed, and passed as all things pass. When the territories Britain had conquered gained
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Read More4 changes to English so subtle we hardly notice they’re happening Among them: The rise of the “get-passive” By Arika Okrent | June 27, 2013 The progressive form may be the most progressive aspect of the English language Think Stock Everyone knows that language changes. It’s easy to pick out words that have only been
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Read MoreHERE ARE A FEW instances where other languages have found the right word and English simply falls speechless. 1. Toska Russian – Vladmir Nabokov describes it best: “No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any
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