December 2021

The actors never hesitated to master an accent if the role required it. 2021 was no exception, with the on-screen accents of many actors causing an awards buzz, or just general buzz (and memes).Here's a look at some of the most notable…

English is one of the most widely spoken languages ​​in the world. Therefore, people keep adding the latest English vocabulary to their life in order to improve their speech and better express…

Friday, December 24, 2021 Courtesy Photo / Diocese of Salt Lake City Archives + Expand Mary Bell is shown in this photograph from 1986. Gary trimSpecial at Catholic IntermountainWhen a young man announces his…

Are you a jaded traveler looking for immersive travel experiences? Want to be hosts in a country where priests and shamans communicate with the spirits? Want to date gorgeous dead women wearing necklaces chiseled…

Places in high school are in high demand, with parents willing to travel across the country to give their child a chance to take the Eleven Plus entrance exam. As private tuition fees are beyond the means of many middle-class parents,…

One of the most visible aspects of the Manitoulin Health Centre's cultural safety project is the addition of posters in Anishinaabemown like this one on the emergency room toilets. photo by Michael Erskine !-->!-->…

High schools have been told they may need to make changes to 11+ exams and up next year "in light of the fact that most children have been out of school for a significant period in 2020 and at the beginning of 2021…

Later, returning to Bryan, I thought of times in the Bible when differences in language might have affected the outcome of an event or relationships. On the evening of December 5, then, my mind moved to December 24 and 25 and the…

Los Pirañas, El Shirota and Mujeres Podridas are three daring groups that make music that evolves the Spanish language into "a luminous heat that could burn, smell or even vaporize," as Octavio Paz noted of…

China is home to dozens and dozens of regional dialects, but the one spoken in the central neighborhoods and surrounding areas of their largest city is known as Shanghainese. However, are there any Shanghainese…

The traditional owners of western Arnhem Land say they are the “original archaeologists” of their country, and now they are taking action to preserve their priceless history on their own…

IIt's a glorious late autumn day at Herne Bay High School in Kent, and boys and girls in red tops are playing sports on neat artificial pitches, but headmaster Jon Boyes is staring into the distance, pointing to a land on the other side of…

Duolingo announced the appointment of Karandeep Singh Kapany as the company's first official representative in India. Kapany will act as the Country Marketing Director and lead the growth, marketing and operations in the Indian market.…

When this blog came out in March 2006, the idea was that I would be inundated with letters, comments and questions that I would answer once a month. The flood did not materialize; yet a net has never dried up. In recent weeks,…

Growing up in the Philippines, Mercedes "Mercy" Kallal dreamed of doing missionary work as a nun.But her father wanted her to go into medicine.So after graduating from nursing school in Manila, she immigrated to Philadelphia for an…