| Below is everything (newest at top) with "education+language" in its title or subcategories.  I solved an old mystery today, thanks to one of the Russian language podcasts I've been listening to lately. It's a phase I'm going through. I'm starting to listen to Hindi, Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese, too. I guess I'm doing all of the BRICS languages for some reason -- except South Africa, since I already speak English ... read more
 Names in their own tongue and script: Language names in their own tongue and scriptThe table shows native/local names for languages in their own scripts, or autoglottonyms. You can click on the Language names that are links to hear how they are pronounced, and on the English names of the languages to find out more about them. Useful word lists fo... read more
 There is an old hotel/pub in Marble Arch, London which used to have gallows adjacent. Prisoners were taken to the gallows (after a fair trial, of course) to be hung. The horse-drawn dray carting the prisoner was accompanied by an armed guard who would stop the dray outside the pub and ask the prisoner if he would like ONE LAST DRINK.If he said YE... read more
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