Cyprus Mail2 天
‘They speak in code’
In an age when ‘drip’ is a compliment and ‘extra’ is not, it is a very fine line between speaking properly and coming across ...
BMJ3 天
When I use a word . . . Linguistic barbarisms in medicine
Henry W Fowler, author of Modern English Usage (1926), and Wilson Follett, author of Modern American Usage (1966), both included “barbarisms” as headwords in their guides. Fowler defined them as ...
BBC22 天
The English We Speak
To play this audio you need to enable JavaScript. Hello. Welcome to The English We Speak, where we explain phrases used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them, too! I'm Feifei ...
Greek Reporter22 天
Mykonos, Greece’s Misunderstood and Yet Beloved Destination
In an exclusive interview with Greek Reporter, Mykonos Mayor Christos Veronis discussed the current dynamics of his island, addressing key issues such as tourist arrivals, the impact of the surge of ...
The internal battle royale between responsible parenting and my principled stance that the ...
OPINION: As my kids get older, my beef with the English language often forces me to decide between handing down my gripes and ...
Greek Reporter23 天
Greece’s Economic Crisis and Its Consequences
Eleftherios Venizelos Airport, the last place Greek emigrants see before bidding farewell to their homeland. Credit: Manfred Werner (Tsui), CC BY-SA 4.0 Of all the challenges Greeks have struggled ...
Mashable25 天
Netflix's 'Kaos': A basic guide to the Greek myths and figures in the series
In Charlie Covell's Greek mythology-based series, Prometheus gives you a one-liner introduction to each figure and location, but the show's not Greek Mythology 101 by any means — there's ...
Greek City Times25 天
Alexander the Great: the Debate Over his Greek Origins Settled
One of the world’s pre-eminent scholars on Ancient Greek history, Professor Paul Cartledge of Cambridge University, has weighed in decisively on the origins of Alexander the Great in the most recent ...
New York Post26 天
Thousands of dead fish blanket Greek tourist port after flooding
VOLOS, Greece – Greek authorities have started collecting hundreds of thousands of dead fish that poured into a tourist port in the central city of Volos this week after being displaced from ...
Associated Press26 天
A magnitude-5.2 quake hits the Greek island of Crete with no immediate reports of injuries ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 struck off the southern Greek ...
National Geographic news27 天
This Greek island offers all the splendor of Santorini without the crowds
Add the Catacombs of Milos to your itinerary when visiting the lesser-known Greek island. The extensive underground tunnel system is touted as one of the best-preserved catacomb sites in the world.