Daily Archives: July 31, 2023

On The Omnivorous Nature Of The English Language

Posted on July 31, 2023 by nathanalbright

Earlier today I listened to a moderately interesting podcast on the presence of Yiddish within the English language, where an English podcaster collaborated with a cultural American Jew whose secular Jewish grandparents came from Austria and Germany. Yiddish itself is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Check Your English Vocabulary For IELTS

Posted on July 31, 2023 by nathanalbright

Check Your English Vocabulary For IELTS, by Rawdon Wyatt Although this is not a book that would interest me personally in terms of improving my own knowledge of English, I am in general and have always been interested in textbooks … Continue reading →

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