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... English form belfry , the word has come to mean exclusively a bell tower or the bell room atop a tower . This is but one of the many thousands of fascinating stories about the origins of English words which you will find in WEBSTER'S ...
... English form belfry , the word has come to mean exclusively a bell tower or the bell room atop a tower . This is but one of the many thousands of fascinating stories about the origins of English words which you will find in WEBSTER'S ...
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... English is the language of a diversity of people scattered in many parts of the globe . But there are only three kinds of English that I am fa- miliar with the English of England , the English of America , and the Eng- lish of the ...
... English is the language of a diversity of people scattered in many parts of the globe . But there are only three kinds of English that I am fa- miliar with the English of England , the English of America , and the Eng- lish of the ...
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... English the trilled or vibrated r is almost ab- sent , but this is not so when words con- taining that letter are spoken by the Irish or the Scots , or by the people of Tyneside . The English practice of eliding the r has led to this ...
... English the trilled or vibrated r is almost ab- sent , but this is not so when words con- taining that letter are spoken by the Irish or the Scots , or by the people of Tyneside . The English practice of eliding the r has led to this ...
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INDEX BY TITLES | 17 |
By Truck across Australia Paul Withing | 23 |
JANUARY 1931 | 25 |
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