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Five common English words we don’t know the origins of – including ‘boy’ and ‘dog’
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 19 hours ago“Bird” sounds Germanic, but doesn’t have cognates in any other Germanic language. It can be found in...
How Breton folktales from France connect to traditional Irish folklore
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 23 hours agoIn Brittany in north-west France, the oral narrative tradition was enriched by two languages, just...
'I've lived in UK long enough to see 4 prime ministers but I still can't vote for the next one'
My London via Yahoo News UK· 2 days agoWe met people who lived in a...they felt relaxed also because they knew that I could speak English."...
General election 2024: Find out more about the candidates standing in Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Wales Online via Yahoo News UK· 2 days agoIt is gobsmackingly unjust that we’re denied £4 billion of extra funding simply because the HS2 fast...
Today’s ‘Wordle’ #1111 Hints, Clues And Answer For Thursday, July 4th
Forbes· 2 days agoIt’s also the 4th of July, and we Americans celebrate our independence from the tyrannical British...
Alexander McCall Smith: Precious Ramotswe would be happy about my knighthood
Hunts Post· 3 days agoThe detective agency series, set in Botswana and featuring the detective Mma Ramotswe, has now sold more than 20 million copies in the English& ...
Tom Collins: Whatever the general election result, we are hitched to a sinking ship
The Irish News· 3 days ago“Change” is Keir Starmer’s cry. ‘More of the same’ is what we will get. For the past 14 years, the ...
Right on Q – Paul Clements on a capital letter
The Irish Times· 4 days agoOne hundred and fifty years ago the now familiar Qwerty keyboard was patented by the American politician and inventor Christopher Sholes. Effectively a...
Here are India's biggest AI startups based on how much money they've raised
TechCrunch· 4 days agoIndia is very far from the “uncanny valley” of San Francisco, but it has a massive trove of...
Who are the BBC Wimbledon 2024 pundits?
The Irish Sun· 4 days agoFORMER tennis stars Nick Kyrgios and Ash Barty are among the BBC's new presenters for Wimbledon this year. Starting on Monday, July 1, audiences can tune...