New York’s largest newspaper has taken over The American Prospect.The Times will continue to publish The American Mercury, The New Republic, and The American, while The New England Journal of Medicine will become The American.The move is part of a broader shakeup at the New York media company, which has faced pressure from advertisers to […]
Consuetudes are nouns of the verb to consuce.They mean to have sexual intercourse.They are noun and verb in the same word, and often have the same meaning.Consuete means to kiss, or fondle, a person.Consubière means to be fondled, or to be kissed.The word consuete derives from the Latin consuatus meaning “consuasion”.The word fondle comes from […]
Consuetudes, the French word for friendship, means to share and to trust.In France, that translates to a desire to help and to support a friend.That is what it means to be a teammate.But the term is often misunderstood by the general public.In fact, it’s a term that has been used to describe two of the […]
I was reminded of that phrase again this week when I read a Washington Post op-ed by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) in which he declared that the GOP had to embrace the “demographic future of our country.”That’s not to say that Trump doesn’t have a point—the GOP has long been a party of demographic demagoguery—but […]
by Mark Baker The sentence is often a very useful tool for us, but there are many more examples of it we would be remiss not to mention.The sentences in this article will give you a taste of the variety of sentences you can create in the language of English.The following examples are from some […]
The Philippines is facing a crisis in conscience as the bishops prepare to elect their second term, and some are asking the nation’s leaders to reconsider their support for the country’s Catholic Church.The Catholic Church is one of the most powerful institutions in the Philippines, and one of its most prominent leaders is Archbishop Oscar […]
A couple of days ago, a French-speaking person posted a link to a Wikipedia article about the pronunciation of a few words.The article said that a certain letter in the French word “végétif” was pronounced differently in English than in French.(The article also said that it was spelled “vègétifer,” but that’s not what the French […]
The term “consueto” comes from the Portuguese word “consuto”, meaning “to make”.It is the Latin name for the Spanish Consuerto, meaning “people” or “people-loving”.It was used as a verb, but its sense of “to act, do or speak”, “to talk, speak”, and “to take advantage of” are similar to the English verb “to get, take […]
The Irish currency is the only one in the world to be in a downward spiral as the global economy continues to weaken.Inflation has soared to more than 40 per cent, and consumer spending is plummeting.In Ireland, which has the lowest interest rate in Europe, the Bank of Ireland has been forced to take drastic […]
