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5 days ago · University of Pennsylvania. University Museum, Philadelphia, March 27, 1999. On February 11, 1859, the following words were delivered by a man who was on the verge of worldwide acclaim: Writing— the art of communicating thoughts to the mind, through the eye—is the great invention of the world.
2 days ago · David Crystal Writer and editor; Honorary Professor of Linguistics, Bangor University. Author of Language Death; Language Play; English as a Global Language; Making a Point; and many others.
- The English language is an Indo-European language in the West Germanic language group. Modern English is widely considered to be the lingua franca...
- As of 2020 there are 1.27 billion English speakers around the world. This makes it the most spoken language, ahead of Mandarin Chinese (1.12 billio...
- There has been much public and academic debate on whether African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is a dialect of English or its own separate la...
- Having emerged from the dialects and vocabulary of Germanic peoples—Angles, Saxons, and Jutes—who settled in Britain in the 5th century CE, English...
- English is not the official language of the United States of America. The country does not have an official language on the federal level. Many sta...
4 days ago · David Crystal; Nigel Davies (PhD Archaeology), historian of pre-Columbian America and former UK Conservative Party politician; Ruby Dhal, poet and author; Roly Drower, satirist and activist
1 day ago · David Seaman admits he's upset at the prospect of Arsenal selling academy graduates like Eddie Nketiah and Emile ... Crystal Palace and Fulham have both been credited with an interest in the Hale ...
6 days ago · Crystal Palace. On 20 August 2010, Davids agreed a pay-as-you-play deal with English Championship club Crystal Palace. He made his debut on 24 August 2010 at left-back in the Second Round of the League Cup against Portsmouth.
1 day ago · Jamaica experienced torrential rainfall and life-threatening flash flooding Wednesday. Early Thursday, the hurricane center said the Caymans were forecast to get 4 to 6 inches of rain from Beryl ...
6 days ago · RELEGATED Luton are eyeing up a double loan swoop for Crystal Palace stars David Ozoh and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi. Ozoh broke through into the Eagles' first team last season as he made nine...
