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  2. Gematria - Wikipedia

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    Table of correspondences from Carl Faulmann's Das Buch der Schrift (1880), showing glyph variants for Phoenician letters and numbers. In numerology, gematria (/ ɡ ə ˈ m eɪ t r i ə /; Hebrew: גמטריא or גימטריה, gimatria, plural גמטראות or גימטריות, gimatriot) [1] is the practice of assigning a numerical value to a name, word or phrase by reading it as a number ...

  3. Isopsephy - Wikipedia

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    In numerology, isopsephy (/ ˈ aɪ s ə p ˌ s ɛ f i /; from Greek ἴσος (ísos) 'equal' and ψῆφος (psêphos) 'count', lit. ' pebble ') or isopsephism is the practice of adding up the number values of the letters in a word to form a single number. [1]

  4. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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    Name Pronunciation Notability Notes Respelling IPA; Alicia Silverstone: ə-lee-SEE-ə / ə l i ˈ s iː. ə / American actor According to her; mainly regular outside North America Anna Faris: like Ana / ˈ ɑː n ə / American actor and comedian Pronunciation mainly regular outside the US and Canada Chone Figgins: like Shawn / ˈ ʃ ɔː n ...

  5. International English Language Testing System - Wikipedia

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    International English Language Testing System (IELTS / ˈ aɪ. ɛ l t s /) [6] is an international standardized test of English language proficiency for non-native English language speakers. It is jointly managed by the British Council, IDP and Cambridge English, [6] and was established in 1989. IELTS is one of the major English-language tests ...

  6. Versant - Wikipedia

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    C. Short Answer Questions Test takers listen to questions and answer each of these questions with a single word or short phrase. Each question asks for basic information, or requires simple inferences based on time, sequence, number, lexical content, or logic. D. Sentence Builds Test takers are presented with three short phrases.

  7. Rectification of names - Wikipedia

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    The belief is that by following the Rectification of Names, one would be following the correct/right path. The rectification of names also calls for a standard language in which ancient rulers could impose laws that everyone could understand to avoid confusion. Each person has a social standing and a social name.

  8. Post-nominal letters - Wikipedia

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    Post-nominal letters, also called post-nominal initials, post-nominal titles, designatory letters, or simply post-nominals, are letters placed after a person's name to indicate that the individual holds a position, an academic degree, accreditation, an office, a military decoration, or honour, or is a member of a religious institute or fraternity.

  9. List of Irish-language given names - Wikipedia

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    This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language given names, their anglicisations and/or English language equivalents.. Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form.