#English

Patrick, Not Pat

PresidentPat

So here's the truth. Is this a safe space?I'm an English teacher that's mega insecure about his own reading and writing. I loathe how long it takes me to get

Min Chao Choy

minchaochoy

THREAD: Doctor rumors on KJU's status circulating on Chinese-language social media for a few days now. The doctors cited as sources in two different accounts MAY indicate leaks coming from

LL McKinney

ElleOnWords

Let's just...be honest. White authors, it would likely take a minimum of ten years of intense, in-depth, PHD level study before you could authentically reflect BIPOC points of view. And

greef

gr33f3r

Seeing as English law has so much of your worthwhile attention today, here is a thread on some of our greatest judges for your interest. Starting with the superb Lord

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fenrir_71

#MusicBreakThread In 1967 Prince Buster, one of the first reggae artists, recorded Judge Dread. It's also famous as one of the first recorded instances of the term "rude boy," still

Saoirse, Matryoshka Lesbian (She/They)

lisaquestions

Imagine the extreme attitude of ownership many British people have toward Ireland which is independent that Ireland passing a law in full public view is deemed dishonest trickery because British

Jinghua Qian

qianjinghua

This is a very minor pet peeve but one that comes up often: Chinese is overtranslated! People will pick up what xiaolongbao and hargow are just like they picked up

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singa_mengiau98

I know it's quite late to finally set a goal but listen to my dreamy dream: I want to serve for 5 years in Malaysia (only to fulfill the contract

🐾 Beta the Protogen 🐺 (CEO of Cuteness)

Beta_Proto

1. uwu is a term all furries use, there are 30 yos on the internet that say this2. trump is a dumbass, i want free healthcare, racism is bad, we

EngLangBlog

EngLangBlog

Some language in the news stuff about the use of the full-stop in messaging. Note the framing of this from The Sun and Mail Mail (second part of

Henry Sotheran Ltd

Sotherans

lots of people on our feed today who seem to think (for some unfathomable reason) that structural racism isn't an English issue. I'd like you to consider that I've been

barcacentre

barcacentre

Yaya Touré (ex-Barça): "The best five players I’ve played with? Messi, Henry, Eto'o, Iniesta and Xavi. In that era, they were unbeatable." [via sport] Touré: "My favorite stadium? The Camp Nou,

Parí

HitTheHighDraw

Werenski’s gained > 6 strokes putting thru 3 rounds ~2/rdHis best SG: P to date is 7.4 (twice). Finishes resulted in a 3rd at Greenbrier in ‘19 & a 58th

The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy

glasgow_sugar

Interesting fault-lines developing on the principal Williams thesis that slavery significantly contributed to the British Industrial Revolution. The 'small percentages' critics of the profits of the slave trade, as well

Donna Wahli.

papanafoaa_

I get so igoigo at people who are ashamed of the work their parents do esp if it’s something like maintenance/factory work. I can guarantee these parents don’t want their

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kookspic

please click on this link and stay there at least 30 seconds, and scrow down to the thing that appears in the third pic to recommend it!! the article is