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How Ordinary People In Streets Of Singapore Learn English?

How Ordinary People In Streets Of Singapore Learn English?


Many tourists who visit Singapore for the first time are quite surprised at how easy it is to move around the city. English is considered the country’s official language and Malay is the national language. From road names to business names, English words can be found everywhere. It is not until you do get to [...]

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Chinese Names Incorporated And Tattoos


If you turn to any page in a Chinese dictionary for names in Mandarin, you may not come across a name like Sugiarto or Gunawan. Honestly, it may not even matter to you now because you will never come across them in your part of the world, say the United States of America or Ghana. [...]

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Missed Noah Webster’s birthday!! 250th anniversary of an American language master


I missed his birthday on 16th of October 2008. Noah Webster was on born on 16th October 1758, 250 years ago. He had helped changed American language history. This is a post dedicated to this man. When you first pick up a book, there are a few things you look at. The title, author, picture [...]

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