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 | 24 may
16:42 | New words for a new world (of networked learning)
New words can act like lenses to see the world from a new perspective (Credits: Ben Christensen / FlickR) A language is a very strong indicator of the vibrancy of its community: if it evolves, it indicates that there are very active elements in the community which push it forward and keep it alive. On the other hand, reactionary forces (like the...
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 | 24 may
03:27 | Deconstructing Love’s Labour’s Lost
Love’s Labour’s Lost is a play of courtly love, a witty, esoteric play in which four noblemen court four noblewomen while on the one hand a lovesick braggart woos a country girl, and on the other a pedantic scholar stages a comic tableau. Yet while the play treats of love and desire, and there is a great deal of talk on these subjects, it comes...
beardofavon.blogspot.com 20 hours ago |
 | 23 may
13:08 | Académie française
The Académie française is an organization which regulates the French language by determining standards of acceptable grammar and vocabulary, as well as adapting to linguistic change by adding new words and updating the meanings of existing ones. Read this introduction to the purpose, statutes, history, evolution, and membership of l'Académie...
about.com 35 hours ago |
 | 21 may
08:30 | From the archive, 21 May 1971: From the archive, 21 May 1971: French...
English could become official language of Common Market, the French President says President Pompidou ought to worry less about his language. He fears that English may become the Common Market's common tongue and that French will wither away to a diplomatic whisper. The President is over-apprehensive. Each language needs the other. The French still...
guardian.co.uk |
| 21 may
07:00 | Knights Apprentice: Memorick’s Adventures Buy
Knights Apprentice: Memorick’s Adventures Jack Of All Games – . Jack Of All Games Defend your native land!Product InformationIn a remote part of Avalon known as the floating isles a now secluded Merlinis busy with the education of Memorick his young apprentice. And thoughthe boy is making great progress his heart lies elsewhere. Secretly...
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| 18 may
04:05 | which ultimately
Cognitive and Linguistic predictors of literacy skills in the Greek language: The manifestation of reading and spelling difficulties in a regular orthography They also observe stringent instruction standards for beginners and scuba instructor trainingHair Cheap Jerseys and fashion go together, and this should be remembered when styling hairThe...
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| 17 may
13:19 | How to have style
By J. C. We’re all writers nowadays, living in the era of the blog, the age of anti-elitism, the epoch of self-publishing. Editors at mainstream houses do many things, but editing isn’t always one of them. And yet, and yet . . . a line divides the good writer from the late-night assailant of the defenceless keyboard. To put it another way, what...
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| 17 may
06:31 | however, was the success of ‘L’Abbe Constantin’ (1882), crowned...
Academy, which has gone through no less than one hundred and fifty editions up to 1904, and ranks as one of the greatest successes of contemporaneous literature. It is, indeed, his ‘chef-d’oeuvre’, very delicate, earnest, and at the same time ironical, a most entrancing family story. It was then that the doors of the French Academy opened...
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| 17 may
00:29 | Georges Bernanos par René-Louis Berclaz
Quote: Georges Bernanos par René-Louis Berclaz Georges Bernanos (1888-1948) « Les hommes du Moyen Age nétaient pas assez vertueux pour dédaigner largent, mais ils méprisaient les hommes dargent. Ils épargnaient un temps le Juif parce que le Juif draine lor, comme un abcès de fixation draine le pus. Le moment venu, ils vidaient le...
stormfront.org |
| 16 may
03:29 | Deconstructing Love’s Labour’s Lost
Love’s Labour’s Lost is a play of courtly love, a witty, esoteric play in which four noblemen court four noblewomen while on the one hand a lovesick braggart woos a country girl, and on the other a pedantic scholar stages a comic tableau. Yet while the play treats of love and desire, and there is a great deal of talk on these subjects, it comes...
beardofavon.blogspot.com |
| 15 may
10:17 | Astrology: Update of Étienne Lauréault de Foncemagne's Horoscope
Étienne Lauréault de Foncemagne (8 May 1694 à Orléans - 26 September 1779 à Paris) was a French churchman and scholar. Biogaraphy An Oratorian and professor, he was elected to the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in 1722 and to the Académie française in 1736. "Choosing him did not much enrich us, but at least it didn't make the...
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| 15 may
01:48 | 14th May 1643 - Louis XIV becomes King of France
Much has rightly been made this year of Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee and it is indeed a remarkable length of time to be a Head of State and ruling monarch, but she has a long way to go yet before beating the reign of the subject of today's blog. King Louis XIV of France ruled from this day in 1643 to his death at age of 76 in September 1715,...
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| 14 may
22:59 | Yellow gold money clip
Yellow gold money clip. Photo Sotheby's Reproducing Jean Cocteau's hand writing with the words 'ne pleurez pas', 'don't cry', to one side and 'je reviendrai', 'I will return', to the reverse, Italian assay and maker's marks. Lot 29. Estimation 1,500-2,000 CHF. Lot vendu: 21,250 CHF It is understood that this money clip was gifted to Suzanne...
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| 14 may
16:45 | Edmond Jaloux
{{Académie Française Seat 33}} ← Previous revision Revision as of 14:45, 14 May 2012 Line 22: Line 22: * ''L’Esprit des livres'', 7 volumes (1922) * ''L’Esprit des livres'', 7 volumes (1922) − == Source == + == References== *[[Encyclopedia Americana]] ([[United States]]: Encyclopedia Americana Corporation, 1969 edition), pg 669...
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| 14 may
04:30 | Franco Ambrosetti-Cycladic Moods (Enja (Soulfood) 2012)
A professional trumpet player since 1961 and an ENJA recording artist since 1980, Franco Ambrosetti is hailed among Europe's finest jazz musicians. Starting at a young age with a first prize for trumpet at the 1966 Vienna International Jazz Competition (under the direction of Friedrich Gulda), Ambrosetti has won a nice collection of awards in...
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| 13 may
18:28 | Odds & Ends: Tristan and Iseut
It was a book with a dark blue cover, with a ghostly picture of a Mediaeval ship, in a paler blue and grey, on the front. My mother had brought it for me from the local library, in Nice, as I sat up in bed, age twelve, my neck all swollen with mumps. “Seigneurs, vous plaît-il d’entendre un beau conte d’amour et de mort? C’est de Tristan...
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| 12 may
17:55 | Language Politics: Banned Breton
Whilst language companies such as Rosetta work to revive fading languages and keep live ones active certain governing authorities, like the French First Republic have gone to the extent of banning languages in order to promote national unity and pride. This autocratic campaign has left lasting damage. I hadn’t come across the concept of a banned...
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