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Diana relaxes, google-eyed, after losing Round 1 to a demented gerbil in the computer! With linguistics and TESOL degrees in twin holsters, she blasts varmints outta Texas and apprises gentle readers on how English otta be spoken! E-mail her at: Torakana54@yahoo.com.

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Was the Sphinx once a lion?

The consensus among Egyptologists is that the pharaoh Khephren had the famous Sphinx built during the days of the Old Kingdom, and it always had this...
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Review of 'Stylized' for Strunk and White's 'Elements of Style' on their silver anniversary

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Back in 1959, half a century ago, a slim volume came out of the press of Macmillan, called The Elements of Style....
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Finds in the Valley of the Kings

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On a recent archeology blog (Archaeorama), Dr. Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s premier archeologist discusses a few finds in the Valley of the Kings. One...
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The origin of Halloween

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In archaic English, the name for the Christian holiday of November 1st was All Hallows Day or All Hallow Mass. It...
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Was Biblical Joseph bought with coins?

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According to an article in the Middle East Media Research Institute, following a report in the Egyptian daily, Al-Ahram, some Egyptian archeologists...
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What is a Goth?

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Gothenburg is a city in Sweden and an internet service provider in that city has decided to call itself GothNet....
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Education 101: What is Ramadan?

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Among Muslims in the United States (and many other countries), there are two calendars, the secular one and the...
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September and the fall of apples

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Autumn is coming and with it, a new crop of apples. Readers who are interested in learning about the differences...
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A mysterious, old inscription

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This particular mystery comes from an old graveyard (and notice that, in the latest writing style, this paragraph...
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A proposal for Labor Day

What’s the point of Labor Day? Have you ever wondered? It’s supposed to celebrate the great American worker, the one whose labor creates...
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