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A Dictionary of Irish Saints by Pádraig Ó Riain: Wonderfully written and incredibly valuable
A resource to return to time and again, a guide to understanding Ireland’s past and present, its people and land ...
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'Gigil' goes to the Oxford English Dictionary
WHEN you see something cute — a baby, an object or an animal, for example, and you feel the urge to squeeze whatever it is, ...
The Fantastical Showerhead Executive Order
President Trump issued a flurry of additional executive orders and presidential memoranda this week, many of which concerned regulatory policy. One EO in ...
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The First and Only Hmong Bookstore in the World
A story of perseverance leads from the shores of the Mekong River to the founding of the world’s first and only Hmong ...
Malay Mail on MSN4d
‘Even slang is part of English’: Why and how Malaysian words like ‘alamak’ and ‘terror’ made it into Oxford Dictionary
Malaysia’s colourful English stepped into the global linguistic spotlight after words like “alamak” and “tapau” found a home ...
The Scotsman3d
The first known letter written by King James VI to go on show
A childhood thank you letter written by King James VI of Scotland aged seven is to go on show later this month as part of a new exhibition. In the letter, the first known to have been written by ...
GB News on MSN2d
Peta launches campaign to change the definition of RAT in the dictionary: 'Words matter!'
Animal rights group Peta has written to the Cambridge Dictionary requesting a change to what they call the "unfair" ...
South Florida Reporter8d
Around Since The 16th Century, The Word Burrito First Appeared In The Oxford Dictionary In 1958
National Burrito Day is celebrated on the first Thursday in April (on April 3 this year). The day celebrates everyone’s ...
The first known letter written by King James VI to go on show
A childhood thank you letter written by King James VI of Scotland aged seven is to go on show later this month as part of a ...