Word: ree
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...GUARD SITTING in a plastic garden chair in the Gem Palace garage may or may not be listening as I spell my name for the second time. "Marie-Hélčne. I'm here to see Mah-ree Eh-len," I insist, mindful that his reserve could be linked to the millions of dollars in jewels just upstairs. His wobbly head shake becomes more vigorous. "He only knows Gujarati. He says you can go up," a male voice calls...
...Language Commission has had a long, and so far losing, argument with newspapers that insist on anglicizing Maori words - adding s to mark the plural, for example. Pronunciation is another disputed point. It's said Kiwis have 11 different ways of saying "Maori," from the hackle-raising "Mayo-ree" to the correct "Mow-rri." "New Zealanders have a long way to go in terms of pronunciation," says Piripi. "Really, 200 years of occupation without achieving five simple vowel sounds is not so good." Linguist Bauer notes that Maori has adopted large numbers of English words, from motuka (car) to poti...
Even before her debut album, Gold Coast, hits stores on October 7, The Los Angeles Times has already compared her to Jill Scott, Anita Baker, Sade and Des’ree...
...lives a double life—Expos preceptor by day and electronic musician extraordinaire by night. Not unexpectedly, language plays an important role in Evens’ music. The name of his musical collaboration is “Re:” (pronounced “ree colon”) and the name of his new CD is “Mnant” (Con Stella Tion Records, Montreal, Canada). Put the two together and it makes re:mnant. The name of every song is a suffix to re: - scue, -duce, -solute, -cipe, -straint, -buke, -pent, -legate, -volve, -ject...
...lives a double life—Expos preceptor by day and electronic musician extraordinaire by night. Not unexpectedly, language plays an important role in Even’s music. The name of his musical collaboration is “Re:” (pronounced “ree colon”) and the name of his new CD is “Mnant” (Con Stella Tion Records, Montreal, Canada). Put the two together and it makes re:mnant. The name of every song is a suffix to re: - scue, -duce, -solute, -cipe, -straint, -buke, -pent, -legate, -volve, -ject...