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Boston High School English Language Twitter feed - articles, news and updates for A-Level students.
Boston, England
Joined February 2016
The latest iteration of the Oxford Game: TOAST! 🍞 This one was very satisfying. Like toast is. Thanks to the @OED for sponsoring the show and making these fun videos.
QUESTION: Are the words TOAST (speech) and TOAST (bread) etymologically related? Here's what @becauselangpod co-hosts Ben Ainsley and @Laserhedvig think... but do you agree? Listen to the full episode to discover the answer 👉 https://t.co/zkcCj7BLUd
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Capital and non-capital letters are known as UPPERCASE and LOWERCASE because printers would typically keep the two sets in separate trays or ‘type cases’, with the capital letters stored above the smaller ones.
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BERGAMOT, the fruit used to flavour Earl Grey tea, takes its name from the city of Bergamo in Italy. MILLINERY takes its name from Milan. TARANTULAS take their name from Taranto. CANTALOUPE melons take their name from Cantalupo. LEGHORN chickens take their name from Livorno.
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Fantastic news and congratulations from BHS English Department @ Bryony_alice5 Fran & Kitty. Can't believe 3 years have gone already!
Graduation in the garden - such a fabulous afternoon for @Bryony_alice5 Fran & Kitty. Really well done, you’ve worked so hard in very difficult circumstances. You are amazing!! #graduation2021 #ucarochester #graduationathome
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