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February 12th, 2016 - 4:54 am § in Misc.

THE Ave Challenge: What is it?

A. Secret radio from North Korea B. Early computer from 1969 C. el Quaeda airplane bomb D. Control module for first robot E. Soviet era radio[...]

February 12th, 2016 - 12:20 am § in Misc.

New French … “oignon” becomes “ognon.”

If you happen to be writing in French about tasting oysters and onions on a weekend in August, things are about to change. Starting in September,schools in France will teach new spellings of some words in a bid to simplify the written language. Under the spelling reforms, the circumflex over i and[...]