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and took a boat trip to the tiny volcanic island of Nea Kameni. Our tour guide was a modern-day Greek god. The women swooned. His smile was straight out of a toothpaste advert and he sprinted up the hill to the lookout point with a grin on his face,

Writing Magazine

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There’s a good chance you’ve come across people labelled as ‘having an attitude problem’. You may even have been described as that person yourself. Irritated by the slightest thing, like the toothpaste tube being squeezed from its mid-section rather

Malaysia Tatler

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Ever been at a party when the conversation veered towards a topic you know next to nothing about? Talking Points, our new monthly series, arms you with intel from experts so you can engage with authority. Stay tuned for next month’s theme—fancy a qui

The Christian Science Monitor

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English has so many creative ways to proclaim that something is ‘nonsense.’ Part 2 of a series on the nuts and bolts of humorous words.

Backpacker

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HERO SKILL “Adventuring in the backcountry and taking on risky activities with other people is very intimate and consequential. I would recommend entering avalanche terrain with people that you know well and can always count on for good communication

that's life

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People who are being deceitful tend to gesture after making a statement rather than before or while they’re speaking. They also tend to turn their palms away or hide their hands. When people are worried about being caught out in a lie, it causes chan

Nautilus

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Many of us have been taught that pronouncing vowels indistinctly and dropping consonants are symptoms of slovenly speech, if not outright disregard for the English language. The Irish playwright St. John Ervine viewed such habits as evidence that som

Writer's Digest

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How do you know when you’re at the point in your career that you might benefit from a writing conference? The question you’re really asking is: Should I invest in one? No matter where you are in your pursuits, attending a conference can be of benefit

frankie Magazine

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You know that feeling you get when you nail a super-witty or biting comeback? Yeah, well, cherish it, because there may come a time when you no longer experience it – when you're unable to whip a sassy line from the recesses of your brain to make you

The Christian Science Monitor

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Today you can “friend” people with the touch of a key on Facebook. But etymologically speaking, “friendship” is much more intense.

Farmer's Weekly

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(Pan, R285), ranger Alex van den Heever and tracker Renias Mhlongo recall the challenges of building trust and a working relationship at Londolozi Game Reserve. Their experiences can serve as a guide to forging successful multicultural business relat

AZURE

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After encountering the work of designers Verner Panton and Ettore Sottsass during her time at University of the Arts London, Kusheda Mensah soon pivoted her attention from fabrics to furniture. “I was looking at what I was going to be making fabric f

3D World

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In order to make the overall piece look like finished work, avoid leaving your section in its default T or A pose like you might do for something that’s going to go on to rigging. Try to give some character or story to your part by giving it some exp

Woman's Day

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When lockdown started a few months ago, my friend Damien and I decided we’d use the time wisely and learn a new language. Almost three months later, and as restrictions lift, we’re far from bilingual, and while Damien is able to string some sentences

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Schizophasia is the term for disordered speech patterns, a phenomenon which gets its colloquial name from what food dish? The number next to the clue tells you which line the answer is in. There may be two across answers in one line. Down words fill

Lifestyle Asia

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Editor In Chief Creative Director SUKI SALVADOR Managing Editor PIPO GONZALES Associate Editor SARA SIGUION-REYNA Contributing Editor JEANETTE IPAPO-TUASON, EDU JARQUE, KELLY MISA-FERNANDEZ Multimedia Artist MARC PAGDILAO Brand Associate ABBY

Australian Geographic

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VERSING AUSTRALIAN SPORTING journalism appears to have birthed the word “versing”. It turns up on programs where blokes named Jacko and Cruncher preview weekend sport. They seem to have trouble referring to the Sharks versus the Bears because “versus

You South Africa

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DURING a recent conversation involving several people, one person repeatedly pronounced “vice versa” as “visa versa” and, in an effort to be polite, no one attempted to correct her. One finds too that people constantly confuse “you’re” with “your”, “

Surfer

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Do you have other interests besides surfing? Other life-consuming hobbies or sports, complete with their own unique cultures, charmingly peculiar vocabularies, verbal signifiers of who’s part of the in crowd and who’s not? Can you move freely between

The Writer

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New year, old words Fresh into a new year – and a new decade to boot – it’s always good to look back at years past and how times have changed. These two bite-size books offer a blast from the linguistic past for word lovers. The Little Book of Lost W

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editor-in-chief Brodee Myers brodee.myerscooke@news.com.au group commissioning editor Cassie Mercer food director Michelle Southan creative director Giota Letsios art director Natasha Barisa food editors Gemma Luongo & Tracy Rutherford s

NPR

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On-air Challenge: I'm going to read you some sentences. Each sentence contains two words that have homophones that are opposites. Ex. Does Liv Ullmann dye her hair? --> LIVE & DIE (homophones of "Liv" and "dye") 1. In London, bar patrons who misuse

NPR

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In this week's puzzle, Puzzlemaster Will Shortz reveals a love of the band One Direction. Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro play with Rob Hardy of Dayton, Ohio.

NPR

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On-air challenge: Every answer is a word, name, or phrase in which the only consonants are L and T — repeated as often as necessary. All the other letters are vowels. Example: Add up --> TOTAL1. Opposite of big2. Coffee made with hot steamed milk3. N

Homes & Gardens

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Editorial Director Sarah Spiteri Acting Editorial Director Pip McCormac Executive Editor Kate French Acting Executive Editor Kate Burnett Group Creative Director Emma Williams Group Chief Sub-Editor Jennifer Spaeth Commercial Editorial Operatio

Writer's Digest

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Presenting at writing conferences can be a great opportunity to grow your readership or brand. These gigs facilitate amplifying your message, while getting your name out and establishing new contacts. Consider these presenting dos and don’ts for any

Writing Magazine

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‘Well, for a start, I wish I’d known that being a successful writer is all about the story, not about how good your English is! Nowadays, given that I’m the author of sixteen commercially-published sagas, this might seem a strange statement. So I’ll

Literary Hub

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As soon as I saw the cover art, I knew I was in luck: my publisher had come up with a gorgeous, smart design for the book jacket of the novel I’d spent years writing. There was just one problem with it… a problem that seemed to worry no one but me.

Tes

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There are about 170,000 words in use in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, but over the past nine months, teachers could be forgiven if their lexical choices skewed towards those words contained under the group heading

Malaysia Tatler

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Elaine Lau and her husband-cum-associate Fong Min Hun of the standalone Lit Books often exchange ideas with fellow bookstore owner Nazir Harith Fadzilah, the founder of Tintabudi, ever since they delved into the niche business of independent bookshop