The Big Map of North American English Dialects
The map and page might look like a mess, but the North American English Dialects Map is fascinating mess to go through.
With English dialects throughout North America, audio samples, linguistic explanations and more, it’s a great place for language fans to spend their time.
Illuminating Brooklyn’s Sky in Solidarity With Boston
- Lucky Tran wrote in Community, Creativity and Boston
After the bombings in Boston yesterday, the security response was huge in New York. Manhattan was in lockdown, with police swarming everywhere, and people were told by the authorities to run and hide inside their homes. So we decided to stay in Brooklyn and project on one of it’s most iconic and most loved buildings: the Brooklyn Academy of Music. BAM didn’t know about it, and at first security was suspicious, but as soon as they saw the message, they embraced us with approval. Even police officers who drove by gave us a warm nod and beep. It was a sweet moment when we saw a plea for peace trump the rules…
All Lebron Shots: Last 5 Seasons
FJP: Crazy balance.
Image: Kirk Goldsberry, Grantland. The Evolution of King James. Select to embiggen.
For the last 2 years The Electric Tyepwriter has been searching the internet to bring you the best journalism, essays and narrative nonfiction. Now we’ve put togehter a collection of 150 favourites, plus links to over 750 more amazing reads.
oggi sono a Roma per una prima riunione con i parlamentari di Scelta Civica.
in una sessione ci sono stati illustrati alcuni dettagli meno noti dei meccanismi parlamentari.
ad esempio, il Presidente del Senato, se falliscono le votazioni, viene scelto con un ballottaggio. Essendo il vice Capo dello Stato, a differenza del Presidente della Camera, è previsto che debba essere eletto sabato e per questo è previsto un meccanismo di risoluzione di eventuali stalli con un ballottaggio.
un passaggio dei regolamenti, però, stabilisce che, in generale, le deliberazioni debbano essere prese con la presenza del numero legale.
per assurdo, quindi, se mancasse il numero legale, il ballottaggio per
