When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. La plume de ma tante (phrase) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_plume_de_ma_tante_(phrase)

    La plume de ma tante. (phrase) La plume de ma tante ("my aunt's quill") is a phrase in popular culture, attributed to elementary French language instruction (possibly as early as the 19th century [1]) and used as an example of grammatically correct phrases with limited practical application that are sometimes taught in introductory foreign ...

  3. Woman at Point Zero - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_at_Point_Zero

    OCLC. 1260661834. Woman at Point Zero (Arabic: امرأة عند نقطة الصفر, Emra'a enda noktat el sifr) is a novel by Nawal El Saadawi written in 1975 and published in Arabic in 1977. The novel is based on Saadawi's meeting with a female prisoner in Qanatir Prison and is the first-person account of Firdaus, a murderess who has agreed ...

  4. Mother's Day - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother's_Day

    Mother's Day in the Netherlands in 1925 Northern Pacific Railway postcard for Mother's Day 1916. Mother's Day gift in 2007 Mother and daughter and Mother's Day card. In most countries, Mother's Day is an observance derived from the holiday as it has evolved in the United States, promoted by companies who saw benefit in making it popular. [9]

  5. 101 Happy Mother's Day messages and wishes to send her ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/105-mothers-day-messages-write...

    A day to say, “You mean everything.”. I hope it’s a good one. Happy Mother's Day Messages. Let today be a reminder of just how special you are and how much joy you bring to everyone in your ...

  6. Aunt - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt

    A half-aunt is a half-sister of a parent. A maternal aunt is the sister of one's mother. A paternal aunt is the sister of one's father. An aunt-in-law is the aunt of one's spouse. A parent's first cousin may be called a second aunt. A great-aunt [2] [3] or grandaunt [4] (sometimes written grand-aunt [5]) is the sister of one's grandparent.

  7. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_French_words...

    cachet. lit. "stamp"; a distinctive quality; quality, prestige. café. a coffee shop (also used in French for "coffee"). Café au lait. café au lait. coffee with milk; or a light-brown color. In medicine, it is also used to describe a birthmark that is of a light-brown color (café au lait spot). calque.

  8. Toubon Law - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toubon_Law

    The Law as published in the Journal Officiel de la République Française. The Toubon Law (full name: law 94-665 of 4 August 1994 relating to usage of the French language) is a French law mandating the use of the French language in official government publications, in all advertisements, in all workplaces, in commercial contracts, in some other commercial communication contexts, in all ...

  9. Translating "law" to other European languages - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translating_"law"_to_other...

    lei. Swedish. rätt. lag. There are a few European languages other than English where "law" translates into one word, such as Polish prawo. On the other side, a prominent non-European language which makes the distinction is Arabic, where قانون ( qānūn) is equivalent to lex and ﺣـق ( ḥaqq) is equivalent to ius .