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The compound word batya't palo–palo, a phrase in the laundry business where many Spanish words proliferate. The words were taken from the Spanish batea for "washing tub" and palo for "stick", something a typical Filipino might think had no Spanish provenance at all because of the Tagalog verb palò which means "strike".
Radical 61 or radical heart (心部) meaning 'heart' or 'heart/mind' is one of 34 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 4 strokes. When appearing at the left side of a Chinese character, the radical transforms into 忄 , which consists of three strokes.
So the most frequent words have just one letter (Teach Yourself Dutton Speedwords, 1951, page 5). Structure the vocabulary around high frequency words. A 1,000 word vocabulary handles 85% of daily conversation while a 3,000 word vocabulary handles 98% of daily conversation so Speedwords only needs a simple rule for 2% of its vocabulary.
During the initial craze in the late 1860s, planchettes became the subject of several popular songs sold in sheet music form. In 1868, the C.Y. Fonda sheet music company of Cincinnati published the "Planchette Polka", composed by August La Motte, dedicated to Kirby & Co, which was the dominant planchette manufacturer of the day. [17]
Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken. Among speakers of several languages, dictation is used as a test of language skill, similar to spelling bees in the English-speaking world.
The company also releases new candy heart sayings every year, each based on a central theme. This year, the hearts spout words of encouragement. Read on for classic sayings from years past, plus ...
Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...
6 heart-shaped sweaters to wear for Valentine's Day. Show comments. Advertisement. Search Recipes. Tastykake Bread Pudding. Tagliatelle con fiori di zucchine (Tagliatelle with Zucchini Flowers)