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	Regional accents of English speakers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The accent of English in Wales is strongly influenced by the phonology of the Welsh language, which 20% of the population of Wales still speak as their first or second language.
		Accents vary across Canada, and the accent of a particular region is often not very similar to those of neighbouring parts of the United States.
		An example of this is the speech of actor Christopher Plummer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Distinguishing_accents_in_English (2700 words)

	English language Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is an official language, but not native, in Fiji, Ghana, Gambia, India, Kiribati, Lesotho, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Malta, the Marshall Islands, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
		An English-speaker is often able to choose between Germanic and Latinate synonyms: "come" or "arrive"; "sight" or "vision"; "freedom" or "liberty".
		Written accents are also used occasionally in poetry and scripts for dramatic performances to indicate that a certain normally unstressed syllable in a word should be stressed for dramatic effect, or to keep with the meter of the poetry.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/e/en/english_language.html (1812 words)

	NERC - National Origin Discrimination
		Equal employment opportunity cannot be denied because of marriage or association with persons of a national origin group; membership or association with specific ethnic promotion groups; attendance or participation in schools, churches, temples or mosques generally associated with a national origin group; or a surname associated with a national origin group.
		An employer must show a legitimate nondiscriminatory reason for the denial of employment opportunity because of an individual's accent or manner of speaking.
		An employer who singles out individuals of a particular national origin or individuals who appear to be foreign to provide employment verification may have violated both IRCA and Title VII.
	www.detr.state.nv.us /nerc/nerc_origin.htm (517 words)

	Engrish
		Engrish is a slang term which refers to an English language phrase that arose through poor translation from another language (usually Japanese), or sometimes, poor translation of English into another language followed by good translation back into English.
		Another source of poor translation is an unchecked machine-produced translation, such as that from the Babelfish service or Google Language Tools.
		Sometimes Engrish is employed deliberately for an amusing or exotic effect, just as Han Chinese or kanji characters are equivalently used in Western society as a graphical embellishment.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/en/Engrish.html (521 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > English language
		English's closest living undoubted relative is Frisian, still spoken by approximately half a million people in the Dutch province of Friesland, in nearby areas of Germany, and on a few islands in the North Sea.
		English descends from the language spoken by the Germanic tribes that invaded Britain during late antiquity and the Dark Ages (it is arguable that the Danish contribution occurred as late as the early Middle Ages), although it received outside influences until much later.
		English orthography is historical, not phonological orthography and diverges considerably from the spoken language.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/en/English_language (1161 words)

	Accent Reduction : Accent Modification : Accent Management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Accent Management is dedicated to helping you reduce your foreign accent in order to be better understood in conversational English.
		She said difficulties are in broad areas: lack of voice projection, failure to enunciate full words, vowel substitution like pronouncing an i when an e is required and a sing-songy voice inflection that rises at the end of the sentence.
		Hider, one of the more challenging parts of her job is telling an employee that clients have a hard time understanding what they are saying.
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	THE ORIGINAL FRUITARIAN GUIDEBOOK
		An artery to the toe muscle had got blocked and the muscle had died, then festered.
		An important part of maturity is acknowledging and appreciating the work of others, and making sure you give as well as receive.
		Soya beans are a bit tough to chew, but when left an hour or two or overnight in a saucy salad or fruit salad they soften and take on a very pleasant texture as well as being nourishing.
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	The Origin and History of the Doctrine of Endless Punishment
		It is not intended as an elaborately philosophical or critical discussion of the subject, as the size of the volume will show; but only as a popular presentation of the method of proof, and of the leading facts and authorities on which the argument rests.
		It is of no consequence how we interpret the manner of this translation, the record shows that the idea of a future existence was not absent from the minds of men at that period.
		And this is an exact statement of the difference between Universalism and endless punishment, and of the moral principles involved in the asserted silence of the Old Testament.
	www.tentmaker.org /books/OriginandHistory.html (19042 words)

	The House of Bolsinger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		How accurate this information is has, for the most part, been taken for granted.
		Again, an assumption can be made as to how someone trying to spell a name as it is pronounced in a thick German accent might hear it and spell it.
		The community was shocked as he was an active member and participant in the organizations of the town and the community.
	thebolsingerfamily.typepad.com (5051 words)

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		You have a thick accent - native speakers can automatically determine that you are not a native speaker, and they can tell where you are from if they are familiar with your accent.
		People can still tell that you are from out-of-town, but they must make an IQ roll to determine where you are from.
		To detect an accent, an IQ roll is required, and an IQ-3 or Linguistics roll is required to determine the origin of the accent.
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	How-to
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		How to choose your pet and take care of it
		How to aid someone who's choking (Performing the Heimlich maneuver)
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	HowTo
		A how-to is an informal, often short, description of how to accomplish some specific task.
		See procedural knowledge[?] for a discussion of what sort of knowledge is imparted, and how far it can be imparted, in how-tos.
		How to simulate a rotary dial on a phone
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	HowTo : How to (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		They are generally meant to help non-experts, and may leave out details that are only important to experts, and may be greatly simplified from an overall discussion of the topic.
		To view an alphabetical listing of How-tos, you can visit this Search Results (http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Allpagesandfrom=How,%20Wisconsin) page.
		How to tell the origin of an accent in English
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	How-to (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		They generally meant to help non-experts and may out details that are only important to and may be greatly simplified from an discussion of the topic.
		See procedural knowledge for a discussion of what sort knowledge is imparted and how far it be imparted in how-tos.
		How to tell the origin of accent in English
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		How to tell a honeybee from a wasp, hornet, etc.
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	Say What? Accent Discrimination and the Law -- Olson, Overlawyered.com
		Barring accent discrimination in service jobs "will admittedly impose some hardship on businesses that rely heavily on pleasing customer whims"--thus reducing to a mere "whim" humans' desire to communicate clearly with each other in transacting their affairs.
		It is perfectly true that many, perhaps most, of these frustrations are an inevitable cost a free society puts up with during periods of high immigration and robust labor demand.
		Federal anti-bias statutes say nothing about accent as a protected category, but creative lawyering has swept it in as an extension of the ban on discrimination based on national origin.
	www.overlawyered.com /articles/olson/saywhat.html (1265 words)

	Quoteland :: Search
		Surely they notice that you are different--notice the difference of accent?' etc., etc. As a matter of fact, a fair proportion of tramps, well over a quarter I should say, notice nothing of the kind.
		A tramp is used to hearing all kinds of accents among his mates, some of them so strange to him that he can hardly understand them, and a man from, say, Cardiff or Durham or Dublin does not necessarily know which of the south English accents is an 'educated' one.
		You can tell people the history of your life if you choose, and most tramps do so on the smallest provocation, but you are under no compulsion to tell it and whatever story you tell will be accepted without question.
	www.quoteland.com /search.asp?query=accent (758 words)

	The Corner on National Review Online
		Most recently he has submitted a request to file an amicus brief with the court in a pending case to argue that Pryor's recess appointment was unconstitutional.
		Finally, the French military had an air of la glorie that was born of the First Empire (American officers were quite fond of Napoleonic comparisons) and buttressed by such battles as the Marne and Verdun.
		I won't tell you about all the pomp and circumstance, or the sad beauty of a state funeral procession for the death of a beloved president, other than to say that it was like the death of a king.
	www.nationalreview.com /thecorner/04_06_06_corner-archive.asp (12390 words)

	Paper Frigate
		Doon wants desperately to be an electrician's assistant or a pipeworker, because he dreams of fixing the ancient, failing generators of the city.
		But fiction which lauds heroism (particularly the kind of courage which every child will have an opportunity to demonstrate), extolls the value of friendship, and shows when adult precepts and rules are worthwhile, and how to tell when they are not — that is uncommon.
		The rest of the story is the tale of how these animals conquer suburbia, the evil HOA queen Gladys and the demented "Verminator" Dwayne (voiced by Thomas Haden Church), and the selfish plans of RJ.
	paperfrigate.blogspot.com (5828 words)

	French Language Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		French is an official language of : France, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Canada, Madagascar, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, Belgium, Rwanda, Haiti, Switzerland, Burundi, Togo, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Comoros, Djibouti, Luxembourg, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mauritius, Vanuatu, Seychelles.
		Besides the small vocabulary differences, they are similar to the differences in accent between a middle class person from London, a farmer from Virginia and a surfer from California.
		If you study an hour every day there is no reason why you should not be able to read a newspaper with a dictionary after a 12 months of study.
	www.how-to-learn-any-language.com /e/languages/french/index.html (2693 words)

	The Linux keyboard and console HOWTO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		On the one hand, there is the matter of which keys generate which codes (and how these codes are remapped by e.g.
		5.10 How to tell xmosaic that the Backspace key generates a DEL
		This determines how the 4 XFree86 meanings of a key are selected from the 16 Linux meanings.
	www.faqs.org /docs/Linux-HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO.html (8949 words)

	Wikinfo \| How to (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A how to is an informal, often short, description of how to accomplish some specific task.
		Note: You cannot search on the words "how" or "to" in the Internet-Encyclopedia search.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
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	What's It Like to Live on Guam? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The land is flat and dreary, overgrown with tangan-tangan, an ugly little tree that was planted on Guam after World War II to cover the denuded land and prevent erosion of the exposed soil.
		UOG works best for students who take an active role in their own education by seeking help from faculty and who look out for the interesting opportunities that are available.
		Many common words are of Spanish origin, and this had led people to believe erroneously that Chamoru is just some kind of Spanish dialect or pidgin.
	www.heptune.com /guam.html (9161 words)

	Hawaii National Origin Discrimination Lawyers, Attorneys, Law, Ethnic Discrimination
		Hawaii National Origin Discrimination Lawyers, Attorneys, Law, Ethnic Discrimination
		protects individuals against employment discrimination on the basis of national origin as well as race, color, religion and sex.
		What's New: Our What's New page features some of our recent accomplishments – cases that we are working on, legislation which we have helped pass, seminars and other educational programs we are putting on, and recognition which we have received.
	www.davislevin.com /facts_fs_origin.html (638 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The English language is a West-Germanic language which originated in England and has since spread throughout the British Isles and into various regions where Britain held overseas colonies.
		See also English plural, Misspelling, List of unusual English words, Longest word in English
		These words have been imported from other languages.
	www.informationclub.com /encyclopedia/e/en/english_language.html (1794 words)

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		Then it occurred to me that "wi" was intended not as some kind of interrogative particle from an Oriental language I don't speak, but rather as a postal abbreviation, namely that of the great state of Wisconsin, famed for its cheese and its mosquitos.
		We also bought an IR proximity sensor with a range of 80 cm (31") and a pair of IR motion sensors with an arc of about 60°.
		The motion sensors would be mounted on either side at an angle and allow the robot to sense the motion of humans or (hopefully) other robots.
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		Superior artistry and craftsmanship, attention to detail and uncompromising commitment to quality have made Noritake an international trademark.
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