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Names of European languages in those languages
The proper term used in linguistics for the name of a language in that very same language is “autonym” (or “endonym”), so the (...)
May 11, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘May’ in European languages
The month of May is named after Maia, the Roman goddess of growth (her name was thought to be related to the Latin word maior, “larger, (...)
May 4, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Europe: Unemployment Rate by Region in 2016
Eurostat defines an unemployed person as a person aged 15-74 who is:
without work during the reference week,
available to start work (...)
April 27, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘April’ in European languages
The name of the fourth month of the Gregorian calendar in most European languages is derived from Latin Aprilis, the etymology of which is (...)
April 8, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Fertility rate by region in Europe
The total fertility rate is defined as the average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime if she were to survive from (...)
April 5, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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By the way, have you already seen my brand new web app for non-native speakers of English? It's based on reading texts and learning by having all meanings, pronunciations, grammar forms etc. easily accessible. It looks like this:
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Why I stopped “speed-typing” with abbreviations
Until recently, whenever I was writing anything on my computer, instead of doing what most people do—that is, type every letter of every (...)
March 29, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Blog
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Percentage of researchers by region in Europe
Being a researcher is probably one of the least mundane jobs in the world, but not everyone can become one, and most people choose a (...)
March 26, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Why is ऐ romanized as “ai” and औ as “au”?
I recently started learning Hindi, and one thing that struck me as odd was that ऐ is romanized as “ai”, and औ is romanized as “au”, (...)
March 21, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Language learning
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5 weird things you didn’t know about time zones
Most people think that time zones are just stripes of land spreading from the North Pole to the South Pole at regular intervals, but the (...)
March 12, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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How I cured my chronic headaches and dizziness
First, I should note that I am not a doctor, and nothing written in this article should be understood as medical advice. The article is (...)
March 10, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Blog
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