10 days ago by flashparker

No, just wait! It’s true! Trust me! Really! Really. Flickr can actually make you a better photographer. Flickr has made me a better helped me become a less crappy photographer. Sure, Flickr has warts; half of the community lives for HDR, another quarter want their Safe Search filters off all the tim ...

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27 days ago by hoif

Travelling on ice was not always a leisurely pursuit and although it is now a pastime followed by many people all over the globe irrelevant of environmental conditions, it has routes in survival. The countries that now embrace sports on ice such as hockey and skating tend to have their routes in the ...

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28 days ago by James

An update of everything so far. I handed in my Biogeography essay on why biogeographers need to know about ecosystem energy flow, and I was quite pleased with what I had written. Lots of case studies about inter- and intra-specific competition and extra reading-up on how those two affect sea otters' ...

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43 days ago by Fatih

Price: $21.28 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details In Stock. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available. Only 1 left in stock–order soon (more on the way). Want it delivered Friday, November 6? Order it in the next 3 hours and 49 minutes, and choose One-Da ...

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44 days ago by flashparker

Dust Country – An Excerpt I’ve spent almost two years working on my second novel. It’s been a long haul, this process. The first one came naturally, and the process was generally fluid. This one has been different for a number of reasons. First, I’ve never attempted anything this ambitious. The proj ...

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57 days ago by Jason Fisher

In my post on Slavic echoes (or the lack of them) in Tolkien’s works, and especially in the comments which it prompted, I talked about the temptation to find such echoes in unlikely places out of mere wishful thinking. But I also acknowledged that Tolkien’s linguistic borrowings were diverse and lay ...

Lingwë - Musings of a Fish - lingwe.blogspot.com · 24 references

58 days ago by Jason Fisher

This may be old news, depending on how many of you read the Ukrainian literary journal, Літературознавчі студії (“Literary Studies”), published under the auspices of the Institute of Philology at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev. Doesn’t everyone? Hahae, I know, neither do I. Not spe ...

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65 days ago by Christel

After a long search I finally found a wonderful topic to write a research paper on: Old Norse and Celtic Boardgames. Here I will document my progress. On the Treasures and Rarities page you will find links to useful articles and resources. Enjoy your stay!

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66 days ago by L-Jay

When you look at Norwegian words and English words they are very similar. In fact, you can often make out what a Norwegian word is by the way it looks, however, the sounds can be quiet different. One of the major changes that occurred to the English language is known as the Great Vowel Shift.... Cli ...

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73 days ago by admin

Many character and place names in The Lord of the Rings are related to words from old and modern languages. In his book Hobbits, Elves, and Wizards, Michael N. Stanton provides examples of the historical links for some of Tolkien’s characters and settings. A few examples follow: Saruman’s name deriv ...

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