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		<title>The *cough* purity of the English Language</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wonderful perspective on how English will survive the ages: The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that the English language is as pure as a crib-house whore. It not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Be Multi-Lingual?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having more than one conversational language at your disposal makes a ton of sense. You can think from a different paradigm, you can see the world from a different point of view, you can connect with a whole new people, learn from a completely different culture&#8230; In case the advantages aren&#8217;t obvious &#8212; why be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I before E except after C, except when it&#8217;s not</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lemme see &#8212; is it spelled &#8220;wiegh&#8221; or &#8220;weigh&#8221;? &#8220;Seize&#8221; or &#8220;sieze&#8221;? &#8220;Thier&#8221; or &#8220;their&#8221;? &#8220;Weird&#8221; or &#8220;wierd&#8221;? Do you have trouble remembering whether a particular word is spelled I-then-E versus E-then-I? You&#8217;re not alone. There are many variations of a mnemonic to help us english-spellers get those I-E (and E-I) words right. Unfortunately, there [...]]]></description>
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