aiġne
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Re-learning Irish. Coffee bore. Binged on great novels at the wrong age.
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Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter Skeat. Skeat was offered the job of supervising the OED but turned it down so he could write this, still the best dictionary of English word origins. He’s also sly and sarcastic, like a Mr Norrell of linguistics.
January 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter Skeat. Skeat was offered the job of supervising the OED but turned it down so he could write this, still the best dictionary of English word origins. He’s also sly and sarcastic, like a Mr Norrell of linguistics.
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Spéisiúil go leor, tá leasú déanta ar an bpolasaí, ach níl leasú déanta ar “Trasnsport” fós.
November 28, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Spéisiúil go leor, tá leasú déanta ar an bpolasaí, ach níl leasú déanta ar “Trasnsport” fós.
Happened again with 'i dteideal'. I may have known it at one time, but it's not in active memory.
Just need to master a core vocabulary to get a grip of this. They say the top 2000 most frequent words make up around 80% of those used.
Just need to master a core vocabulary to get a grip of this. They say the top 2000 most frequent words make up around 80% of those used.
November 19, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Happened again with 'i dteideal'. I may have known it at one time, but it's not in active memory.
Just need to master a core vocabulary to get a grip of this. They say the top 2000 most frequent words make up around 80% of those used.
Just need to master a core vocabulary to get a grip of this. They say the top 2000 most frequent words make up around 80% of those used.