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TIL that the earliest recorded instance of a white wedding dress in Western culture is that of the English Princess Philippa at her wedding to the Scandinavian King Eric in 1406.

by whatilearned October 21, 2021, 6:03 am

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English Work i guess

by CopyPastaArchive October 20, 2021, 7:21 pm

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English Teacher Navy Seal

by CopyPastaArchive October 20, 2021, 12:24 am

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Is ‘shhh’ used in other languages apart from English to tell people to stop talking? If not what do you say?

by QuestionGuy October 19, 2021, 11:01 pm

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What – in your opinion – should NEVER be included in a Full English Breakfast?

by QuestionGuy October 19, 2021, 10:12 am

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An English bishop was visiting New York and had been warned about quote-hungry American reporters.

by cringeyjokesman October 17, 2021, 6:36 pm

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What common misuse of an English word drives you nuts?

by QuestionGuy October 17, 2021, 3:45 am

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What is a foreign word or phrase that has no good translation to English?

by QuestionGuy October 17, 2021, 12:52 am

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What is a somewhat commonly used English word that you can never spell correctly?

by QuestionGuy October 16, 2021, 8:03 pm

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TIL “Gotham” comes from an older English for “goat home” and was first used to characterize New York in 1807 because the inhabitants where considered by the author a foolish and self-important people.

by whatilearned October 15, 2021, 4:35 am

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what are some of your favorite songs that are not in English?

by QuestionGuy October 11, 2021, 4:58 pm

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TIL that famous English poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti buried most of his poems with his late wife in Highgate Cemetery of London, then later had her exhumed so he could retrieve them.

by whatilearned October 11, 2021, 3:30 pm

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