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Not quite human: From centaurs to zombies Posted by Gabriele on May 6, 2014
There are a lot of beings that are talked about in books, myths, and shown on movies and TV that aren’t human, but are like humans. Of course, all of these different beings have names and today I am going to present the English words/names for these creatures that are ‘not quite human.’ Creatures that…
Foreign Words in English (Part V) Posted by Gabriele on Jun 28, 2012
In this post I am going to introduce you to 10 more words that have been borrowed from other languages and incorporated into English. In the process of borrowing a word from another language sometimes the meaning changes slightly from its meaning in the original language. This is the case with some of the words…