eveninger n. a newspaper published for evening distribution, or an edition of such a newspaper. Editorial Note: This term is now common only in Anglophone Asia. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
eveninger n. a newspaper published for evening distribution, or an edition of such a newspaper. Editorial Note: This term is now common only in Anglophone Asia. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Many of us struggled with the Old English poem “Beowulf” in high school. But what if you could actually hear “Beowulf” in the English of today? There’s a new translation by Maria Dahvana Headley that uses contemporary...
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