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Neil Craig Walker is a Scottish lawyer who is currently the Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of… more

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ɑem θæŋkfʊl tə biː ɪn əstɹæɪljə
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I don’t use this site much. Hope they cite something more useful!

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#ថៃជាអ្នកផ្ដេីមសង្គ្រាម
/tʰaj ciə nĕək pɗaəm sɒŋkriəm/
[t̪ʰaj t͡ɕiə̯ n̪ĕə̯ʔ b̊ɗaə̯̃m sɒ̃ŋˈɡ̊ɾiə̯̃m]
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After many years in the making, we are proud to publish A GRAMMAR OF EYAK by the late great Michael Krauss, edited by Kevin Baetscher and Gary Holton. Krauss worked closely with the last remaining fluent speakers to comprehensively document the language.

www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
Book cover
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Everyone in Japanese is familiar with different readings for the same characters "depending on the context." But what context makes clear how to read this place name 和坂, read Kanigasaka if it is the left ward, but Wasaka if it is the adjacent (!) right ward....
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/kʰɤːɲ pŭənlɯː plɤːŋ plɯp plɛːt nɯʋ ciəj plɤʋ teː/
[kʰɤ̃ːɲ b̥ŭə̯̃n̪.ˈlɯː pʰlɤ̃ːŋ pʰlɯp̚ pʰlɛ̝ːt̪̚ nɯʊ̯ t͡ɕiə̯j pʰlɤʊ̯ t̪eː]
see light(s) blinking LOC edge road PARTICLE
'(When/if there are) flashing lights on the side of the road...'

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Example of the Khmer love of alliteration in an injunction to slow to 40 when emergency lights are flashing on the side of the road: ឃើញពន្លឺភ្លើងភ្លឹបភ្លែតនៅជាយផ្លូវទេ [kʰɤ̃ːɲ b̥ŭə̯̃n̪.ˈlɯː pʰlɤ̃ːŋ pʰlɯp̚ pʰlɛ̝ːt̪̚ nɯʊ̯ t͡ɕiə̯j pʰlɤʊ̯ t̪eː]
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The above blazon and its origin and meaning are available here: www.heraldry-wiki.com/wiki/Launces...
Arms (crest) of Launceston (Tasmania)
www.heraldry-wiki.com

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Crest: On a Wreath of the Colours, a branch of Gum Tree leaved proper, thereon a Yellow Wattle Bird holding in the beak a sprig of the same also proper.

Supporters: Two Tasmanian Tigers [Thylacines] proper, gorged and chained Azure.

Motto: 'Progress with Prudence'
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