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@_dougmister @Sasha_CA @di_nitterwitter @NiohBerg I meant many men on the far right want this, not that a legitimate party has espoused this as an open policy. A right wing policy that is an open threat, however, is restricting women’s right to bodily autonomy re abortion. This concerns many.

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@C_OColman @NiohBerg Tell that to Margaret Thatcher.

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@_dougmister @Sasha_CA @di_nitterwitter @NiohBerg Removing their right to vote seems to be a favourite one.

[ClarksonsFarm @ClarksonsFarm1]

Brilliant!🤣

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@AmbJapanUK Happy St George’s Day, Hiroshi! 🌹 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🥳 🫖 🍰

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The head of a service which teaches Jersey's native language said multilingual children "could be a key factor to revitalise" the use of Jèrriais 🇯🇪 #jersey #bilingual https://t.co/BbfqCEfGIl

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little."

‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”

So a napkin is a little tablecloth.

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[My English Language @MyEngLang]

Happy Easter Sunday! 🐣 Join in the fun with our blog post all #Easter, including word match and gap fill lesson ideas 💡 #englishlanguage https://t.co/Ypt9m0R8Mg

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

just found my favorite Japanese word :

"Tsundoku"

The habit of collecting books and letting them pile up, unread, while still cherishing the possibility of reading them one day.

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The number of Welsh learners has increased by 12% in a year, and is now over 20,000 for the first time, according to latest figures 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #languagelearning https://t.co/qhx3qDHK9F

[My English Language @MyEngLang]

@KeruboSk Solo travel is great! Go where you like, when you like, eat where you want, change schedule at any time. Totally spontaneous. Pure bliss! 🧳 ✈️

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@GregBaldwinIroh Lashings of butter on the toast

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@db29_ @beckstar2 @premierinn Yes but you don’t press expecting your room number to be emblazoned in massive digits across the whole screen. It should still be discreet.

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

Cattle in English place names:

Oxford: oxen ford.
Oxted: oxen place.
Skipton: sheep town, same root as Shepton.
Newark: new cattle enclosure.

There are hundreds of -leys in England.
A ley is a clearing, a pasture, a place where animals grazed.

Barnsley. Burnley. Bewdley. Moseley. Blakeley.

There are hundreds more -hams.
A ham is an enclosed cattle pasture, a water meadow, a riverside grazing ground.

Nottingham. Birmingham. Durham. Fulham. Putney (from Putta's hythe, a landing place near cattle pasture).

The cities of England are named after the animals that grazed where they now stand.

The cattle were there.

The city was built in the field.

The city was named after the field.

The field had cattle in it.

Birmingham is a cattle pasture.

Birmingham is now the second-largest city in the country.

The cattle were there first.

Birmingham has not adequately acknowledged this.

[My English Language @MyEngLang]

@beckstar2 @premierinn The screen was displayed vertically on a stand at eye level, not very private at all.

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@beckstar2 @premierinn I used a self check-in counter at Premier Inn recently in London. At the end of the process, the screen printed my room number up in huge digits, so anyone standing around could see. I wasn’t impressed.

[Earth @earthcurated]

A supermarket in Thailand replaced plastic packaging with banana leaves. A simple idea that makes a big difference.🌿

[My English Language @MyEngLang]

The history of #writing could be tens of thousands of years older than previously believed, archaeologists discover ✍️ ✒️ https://t.co/JfjWE2oq0I

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A community event celebrating Guernesiais, Guernsey's officially recognised language, will take place on Saturday with organisers hoping it will draw in a new wave of learners 🇬🇬 #Guernsey #language https://t.co/wEM24jbyqe

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'Spladn!' The #Cornish language Kernewek has been given extra protection through the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages 🗣️ #language https://t.co/qKkSavbUXC