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Review: He’s a commoner but he could be a British king in ‘The Pretender’
Her dazzling, jocular novel “The Pretender” recounts the journey of one John Collan, from his anonymous boyhood in a rural ...
3 cows cause traffic delays on highway, Oxford police say
The Oxford Police Department is reporting that three wandering cows caused a traffic backup on the highway. According to OPD, the cows were found roaming on Highway 334 and are currently being held ...
Victoria Hislop: The British Museum tells lies about the Elgin Marbles – it bought stolen goods
Not long after the multi-million best-selling novelist Victoria Hislop finished her latest book, The Figurine, the murky ...
Victoria Hislop: My Empty Nest syndrome was so bad we moved out the day after our son left home
The best-selling author on her deep connection to Greece, empty-nest syndrome and remaining optimistic in the face of breast ...
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Updating English Language Teaching to Reflect Different Realities
The American Language Program’s Winter Conference focused on how use of the English language is evolving and its effects on ...
I've measured my life in football grounds. While my friends went clubbing I got my kicks from away days at Halifax and Rochdale, writes OLIVER HOLT
My mum was an actress and she sometimes went to pubs around Manchester to push down piles of pennies for charity with ...
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Robert Grosseteste, the English Bishop and Philosopher Who Conceived a Precursor to the Big Bang Theory in the Middle Ages
Legend has it, as recounted by the English Benedictine monk Matthew of Paris, that the energetic Pope Innocent IV died of a ...
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Cute attack! Oxford English Dictionary adds Tagalog word to describe that feeling
The Oxford English Dictionary adds new words four times a year. This month, it's "gigil," an overwhelming need to squeeze ...
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Alamak! ‘Kaya toast’, ‘tapau’ and ‘nasi lemak’ added to Oxford English Dictionary
“Alamak” and “nasi lemak” have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) for the first time. According to the dictionary, they are among a number of “untranslatable words” from ...
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Alamak, Mat Rempit & 10 Other Malaysian Words Added To The Oxford English Dictionary
In a statement, publisher Oxford University Press highlighted that many of these words are "untranslatable", meaning they lack a direct equivalent in English but are useful for English speakers to ...
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Alamak! Malaysian loanwords ‘mat rempit’, ‘tapau’ and ‘terror’ among new additions to Oxford English Dictionary
OXFORD, March 27 – Oxford Languages has announced today its latest update to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), featuring several loanwords from Malaysia. In a statement, publisher Oxford University ...
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From 'alamak' to 'nasi lemak': Oxford English Dictionary welcomes Malaysian and Singaporean words
announces its latest Oxford English Dictionary (OED) update, consisting of “untranslatable words” from Malaysia and Singapore. It explains that these “untranslatable words” are certain ...