Take a fun break with this fiendish spelling challenge from the Oxford Dictionaries.
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Pig Latin is a constructed language game in which words in English are altered according to a simple set of rules. Pig Latin takes the first consonant (or consonant cluster) of an English word, moves it to the end of the word and suffixes an ay (IPA [eɪ]). For example, pig yields igpay, banana yields ananabay, and trash yields ashtray or rashtay (dependent on location/preferences).
The objective is to conceal the meaning of the words from others not familiar with the rules. The reference to Latin is a deliberatemisnomer, as it is simply a form of jargon, used only for its English connotations as a strange and foreign-sounding language.
More info: How to speak Pig Latin
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Hend
Found in Middle English and meaning ‘expert, skilful, clever’, hend comes from the word for ‘hand’, and originally meant ‘near at hand’. In a similar line are the words well-handed and habile.Read more…
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Ebola: A Crisis of Communications Over and over again, aid workers report that people do not have the knowledge they need to contain this deadly disease. In a major survey in Sierra Leone (late September) UNICEF found:
- 30% believed Ebola was transmitted via mosquitos; 30% believed it was an airborne disease
- 20% believed treatment by spiritual healers is effective
- 42% believed hot salt water baths are an effective cure
Aid workers know kissing deceased loved ones is a major cause of the epidemic (the virus is most potent right before and right after death). And yet the ritual continues. They also know epidemics can be reduced if the practice of eating bats (a delicacy in West Africa) is reduced or eliminated. Yet this knowledge is not effectively passed on to those who need it.
Why?
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