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The G in GIF is pronounced the same way the G in Germanic is.
#pronunciation #English

I will always be fascinated that the manufacturer (or the buyer? I don't know who adds the stickers) of a train costing a few millions can't afford a professional translator.
That's Polish EN63H-002.
The Polish version says not to *block* the door (with baggage).
#Engrish #English #rail

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George Frideric Handel, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists & Sir John Eliot Gardiner:
🎵 Every valley shall be exalted (Messiah)
#GeorgeFridericHandel #AnthonyRolfeJohnson #EnglishBaroqueSoloists #SirJohnEliotGardiner

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George Frideric Handel, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists & Sir John Eliot Gardiner:
🎵 Every valley shall be exalted (Messiah)
#GeorgeFridericHandel #AnthonyRolfeJohnson #EnglishBaroqueSoloists #SirJohnEliotGardiner

If "extravagant" means "exceeding the limits of reason or necessity", you'd think "vagant" means "at/within limits of reason or necessity", but no, English has to screw with us. 😠
#English #words #language #inconsistency

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Marc‐Antoine Charpentier, Christophe Rousset & English Baroque Soloists:
🎵 Noels pour les instruments: O createur
#MarcAntoineCharpentier #ChristopheRousset #EnglishBaroqueSoloists #newRelease 🆕 album

The eternal fight between V and W, when transliterating Sanskrit व in English. (Also applies to other Indic languages.)
E.g., वर्ष ("year") is often written "varsha"; not "warsha" though w is the closest sound to व.
#languages #writing #transliteration #Sanskrit #English

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English National Opera Orchestra, Sir Arthur Sullivan & Sir Charles Mackerras:
🎵 The Yeoman of the Guard (overture)
#EnglishNationalOperaOrchestra #SirArthurSullivan #SirCharlesMackerras

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Antonín Dvořšk, English Chamber Orchestra & Charles Mackerras:
🎵 Legends Op.59 (no.3 in G minor)
#AntonínDvořák #EnglishChamberOrchestra #CharlesMackerras

"Like herding cats" in the English world (and may be elsewhere).
"Like weighing frogs" in Kannada (and may be other languages in India).
#saying #English #Kannada #India #impossibleThings #coordination

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Joaquín Rodrigo, Narciso Yepes, English Chamber Orchestra & Luis Antonio García Navarro:
🎵 Danza de las hachas (Fantasía para un gentilhombre)
#JoaquínRodrigo #NarcisoYepes #EnglishChamberOrchestra #LuisAntonioGarcíaNavarro

"...the 38-year-old Electric engineer who..."
Hmm. Do you mean "Electric*al* engineer"? Unless he had an electric personality, of course. 🤔
#writing #English #erminology #labels #newspapers

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Giacomo Puccini, Ian Watson, Renée Fleming, English Chamber Orchestra & Jeffrey Tate:
🎵 Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La rondine)
#GiacomoPuccini #IanWatson #RenéeFleming #EnglishChamberOrchestra #JeffreyTate

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Johann Sebastian Bach, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Sir John Eliot Gardiner:
🎵 Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Cantata No 180)
#JohannSebastianBach #MonteverdiChoir #EnglishBaroqueSoloists #SirJohnEliotGardiner

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Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten:
🎵 Simple Symphony (Playful Pizzicato)
#BenjaminBritten #EnglishChamberOrchestra

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Johann Sebastian Bach, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Sir John Eliot Gardiner:
🎵 Glory be to God (Christmas Oratorio, BWV.248)
#JohannSebastianBach #MonteverdiChoir #EnglishBaroqueSoloists #SirJohnEliotGardiner
(There are still 56 days until 🎄 #Christmas)

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English Chamber Orchestra, John Barry & John Barry:
🎵 The Beyondness of Things
#EnglishChamberOrchestra #JohnBarry
https://open.spotify.com/track/77qWHonGoZjub80FvRIcUK

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalMixtape
English Chamber Orchestra, John Barry & John Barry:
🎵 The Beyondness of Things
#EnglishChamberOrchestra #JohnBarry
https://open.spotify.com/track/77qWHonGoZjub80FvRIcUK

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Henry Purcell, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists & Sir John Eliot Gardiner:
🎵 What pow'r art thou (King Arthur)
#HenryPurcell #StephenVarcoe #EnglishBaroqueSoloists #SirJohnEliotGardiner

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalMixtape
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Murray Perahia & English Chamber Orchestra:
🎵 Concerto no. 4 in G major K.41 for piano and orchestra; 2nd movement; Andante
#WolfgangAmadeusMozart #MurrayPerahia #EnglishChamberOrchestra

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
Sergey Rachmaninov, Renée Fleming, English Chamber Orchestra & Jeffrey Tate:
🎵 Vocalise
#SergeyRachmaninov #RenéeFleming #EnglishChamberOrchestra #JeffreyTate

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Nigel Hess & English Serenata:
🎵 Much Ado About Nothing (Dance)
#NigelHess #EnglishSerenata
https://open.spotify.com/track/5RR1kZT6lcSmbIz8veNhlp

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Antonio Vivaldi, Maurice André, Mauritz Sillem, English Chamber Orchestra & Charles Mackerras:
🎵 Concerto for 2 trumpets in C (1st mvt)
#AntonioVivaldi #MauriceAndré #MauritzSillem #EnglishChamberOrchestra #CharlesMackerras

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, English Chamber Orchestra & Jerzy Maksymiuk:
🎵 The Magic Flute (Overture)
#WolfgangAmadeusMozart #EnglishChamberOrchestra #JerzyMaksymiuk

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #MusicMatters
Claudio Monteverdi, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, English Baroque Soloists & Sir John Eliot Gardiner:
🎵 L'Orfeo (Toccata)
#ClaudioMonteverdi #HisMajestysSagbuttsandCornetts #EnglishBaroqueSoloists #SirJohnEliotGardiner