Languages When I read the article about languages then it put me thinking. How many languages I can speak myself. And it hit me‚ not much. I can speak Estonian as my native language and English only as my foreign language. It is great that I have French in my university’s studying program because like Louise said in the text- lots of businesses say they want people who can speak European languages‚ but young people do not seem to realize that speaking another language can imrpove their job prospects
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IrishIs cuimhin liom an lá go maith.Ní dhéanfaidh mé dearmad an lá sin.Bhí mé i deifir.Chomh tapa agus ab fhéidir liom.Raidió cluaise.Níor thug mé aird ar bith. Chara amuigh i lar stoirme.Nuair a smaoinim siar ar an la ud is deacair dom a chreidiuint gur tharla se i ndairie ta se nios mo cosuil le briongloid.Maidin bhrea alainn i lar na samhradh a bhi ann. Bhi me agus mo chara Sean ar ar laethanta saoire san oilean Haiti‚in aice an Phoblacht Dhoimniceanach. Chuamar go dti Haiti an Luain seo caite
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"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. No word in the English language rhymes with month‚ orange‚ silver‚ or purple. "Forty" is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. "One" is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order. There is only ONE word in the English language with THREE CONSECUTIVE SETS OF DOUBLE LETTERS.... Bookkeeper There is a word in the English language with only one vowel‚ which occurs five times: "indivisibility
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Theatre Theatre is the activity or profession of acting in‚ producing‚ directing‚ or writing plays. It has greatly developed since ancient Greek times to the theatre we are accustomed to now. Theatre was created in the 6th century B.C by the Greeks during a festival for the god Dionysus‚ the god of theatre and wine amongst other things. The festival was a way for the greeks to have fun and be creative and expressive as well as honor the gods. People who pursue a career in theatre are called
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Imagine a time when a person could walk up to a stranger’s door and immediately be welcomed and situated comfortably within the home. The idea that this is ridiculous and nevertheless unsafe is rather unheard of during the time of the Ancient Greeks. Hospitality is perhaps the most important and most popular quality of their society. Homer‚ a Greek author‚ tells his readers in his epic‚ The Odyssey‚ the significance of xenia demonstrated by characters when they are tested for their loyalty or when
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Greece in the Imagination of Western Authors The Island Fantasy The male fantasy of being deserted on an island inhabited predominantly by women‚ old men and children is explored thoroughly in both Mediterraneo and Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. The gendered roles assigned to the invading soldiers as the strong male occupiers of a surprisingly feminized portrayal of the subjugated island are the crux of both the narratives. In both Mediterraneo and Corelli’s Mandolin the respective Greek Islands
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HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE This essay is on the history of the English language. The essay will cover the topic – what is language? Where does language come from? and what are the stages of development of the English language? Language is a system of expressions through sounds and symbols for communicating thought: it’s a particular system used by a nation. English is the official language of Britain‚ the US‚ Australia and most other parts of the Commonwealth as well as certain other
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History of Philippines Literature Fables and tales from the pre-historic era have given rise to the literature of Philippines. Combined with the writing terms of the Hispanic and the culmination of different languages has brought it to be what it is today. It is believed that even much before the colonization‚ Philippines literature had evolved and there are tales of Spanish and Mexican domination that gives us insights into understanding how English‚ Spanish‚ Filipino and other
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IEEE Transactions on Acoustic‚ Speech‚ and Signal Processing ASSP-28 (4) (1980) 357–366. [18] Yousef A. Alotaibi‚ A simple and effective time-alignment algorithm for spoken arabic digits‚ unpublished. [19] P.C. Loizou‚ A.S. Spanias‚ High-performance alphabet recognition‚ IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing 4 (6) (1996) 430–445.
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