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'Abeg', 'Biko', 'Bend down (and) select', 21 other Nigerian, West African words added to Oxford English Dictionary
In January 2025, PREMIUM TIMES reported that the Oxford English Dictionary added Nigerian terms, including Japa, 419, agberoo, abi, area boy, yahoo boy, yahoo, Edo, and Kanuri, to its global ...
Dictionaries were once bestsellers, but between the internet and artificial intelligence, its role in our culture has changed. Stefan Fatsis is out with a new book called Unabridged: The Thrill of ...
“We do one book after state testing, and we did ‘The Great Gatsby.’ … A lot of kids had not read a novel in class before.” — Laura Henry, 10th-grade English teacher near Houston “My son in 9th grade ...
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5 best books to read to improve English
Books that can help improve your English can make sure that the language’s use is sophisticated and understandable on all conditions, be it for reading, writing or speaking. Explore the 5 best books ...
For as long as I can remember, Virginia Woolf has been one of the most revered British writers in the history of English literature. As a self-proclaimed fangirl, I told myself I would only consider ...
Bengali meals traditionally begin with a bitter dish to stimulate digestion and palate. Ayurveda values bitterness for balancing doshas and aiding liver detoxification. Popular bitter dishes include ...
KOLKATA – Qissa of Bibi in Black Burqa and Forty Men, a novel by Sahitya Akademi winner Afsar Amed, translated from the original Bengali by Kathakali Jana, dares to dream in a language of magic, ...
Kausik Gangopadhyay and Devavrata’s new book exposes how Bengali linguistic nationalism is a strategic façade to Islamise East Bengal under the guise of cultural identity; it never opposed Pakistan ...
Publisher Berkley is releasing the translated novels this year. By Lexy Perez Associate Editor “There wasn’t a demand for the translation in the U.S. at first. But thanks to the success of the series, ...
CBSE Class 12th English Syllabus 2025-26: The CBSE Board just announced the 12th class curriculum for 2025–2026. The English curriculum remains unchanged, and students can examine their detailed CBSE ...
The team behind Shabdakalpa, anchored at the School of Cultural Texts and Records in Jadavpur University, believes that it would be the first historical dictionary for a non-Latin script, tracing the ...
I knew that Jennifer Beals and I were going to have a fantastic conversation when, after connecting on Zoom and chatting for a bit, she asked if I would mind it if she turned off her camera because it ...
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