English: Scottish Welsh Irish
History of language development in England, Scotland, Wells, and the Republic of Ireland.
Standard English and regional dialects
British English has a standard accent called Received Pronunciation (RP), used mainly by the middle classes, especially in the south. For almost two hundred years, until about 1960, RP was the accent of most educated Englishman, particularly those who [...]
The Empire Has No Name
The main message of the story about the emperor who had no clothes is the fact that having power means you can get away with things most folks wouldn?t think of trying. If the emperor says he has clothes on, better to agree with him.
No matter how attached the emperor becomes to the comfortable suit [...]
Monstrous Trivia
1. The Abominable Snowman, Yeti, Bigfoot, and Sasquatch appear in one form or another in which epics? A. Ancient Sumaria epic B. Russian literature C. Anglo-Saxon literature D. Greek mythology E. All of the above
E. All of the above TOPICS: The ?wild man of the woods? is a familiar figure in folklore from Enkidu [...]
Father’s Day Trivia
1. A renowned poet and novelist as well as chair of poetry at the University of Cambridge, this academy award-winning actor?s father wrote mysteries under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake.
A. Jack Nicholson B. Charlie Sheen C. Daniel Day Lewis D. Rob Schneider
C. Daniel Day Lewis QQ: Sure it seemed like a hard question, but really you [...]
Comic Books History Part I
Because comic books have such a long history I’m breaking up this series into several parts.
Comic books. Arguably one of the largest industries in the world. To be able to store every comic ever written you would need a city the size of New York and even then I think you would run [...]
Nude Art Photography
Nude photography is the genre of art photography, whose subject is the representation of the naked (full nude) or partially naked (half nude) human body.
The aesthetic value of nude photography and its boundary to erotic photography can only be determined with difficulty and inter-subjectively and is also affected by its numerous overlaps with pornography. In [...]
Trusting The Inkslinger
After the third session on my sleeve a couple of days ago, I realised I left with something more than just ink ? a bond between myself and my tattoo artist. This gets stronger after every visit, and I have worked out that it is down to the trust I have gained in him. After [...]