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#English #spelling still manages to surprise me all the time. Especially with choosing “c” or “s” or “z”¹ in places for the basically same pronunciation (similarly with “ou” vs “u” (or “o”) and “e” vs “i”).
Trying to correct the spelling regularly gets me more confused ;-)
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #MusicMap
Antonio Vivaldi, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Sir John Eliot Gardiner:
🎵 Et in terra pax (Gloria in D major, RV 589)
#AntonioVivaldi #MonteverdiChoir #EnglishBaroqueSoloists #SirJohnEliotGardiner

SWELL (old-timey use) Vs SWILL. What a difference a letter makes.
#English #language #difference

"Doing the prescribed duties" vs "Doing the duties as prescribed".
The two seem the same but are subtly different.
#English #writing

#TIL: Zeugma. n. The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usually in such a manner that it applies to each word in a different sense.
#English #vocabulary

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
Joseph Canteloube, Kiri Te Kanawa, English Chamber Orchestra & Jeffrey Tate:
🎵 Baïlèro (Chants d'Auvergne, Set 1)
#JosephCanteloube #KiriTeKanawa #EnglishChamberOrchestra #JeffreyTate

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast
Antonín Dvořšk, Rafael Kubelík & English Chamber Orchestra:
🎵 Serenade for Strings in E major, Op 22 (1st mvt)
#AntonínDvořák #RafaelKubelík #EnglishChamberOrchestra

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast
Joaquín Rodrigo, Narciso Yepes, English Chamber Orchestra & Luis Antonio García Navarro:
🎵 Canario (Fantasía para un gentilhombre)
#JoaquínRodrigo #NarcisoYepes #EnglishChamberOrchestra #LuisAntonioGarcíaNavarro

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast
Joseph James, Robert Schumann, Orlando Jopling, English Chamber Orchestra & The Schubert Ensemble:
🎵 Fantasie in F after Robert Schumann
#JosephJames #RobertSchumann #OrlandoJopling #EnglishChamberOrchestra #TheSchubertEnsemble