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Day: March 14, 2017

What are some positive stereotypes of Balkan nations about each other?

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Posted in categories: Culture, Modern Greek, Other Languages

There’s not a lot to be had in the region of course. From the Greek perspective: Serbs are our “brothers in Orthodoxy”—but I don’t know if that actually amounts to a positive stereotype. I don’t think relations between Greeks and Serbs have actually been close enough to rise to the level of positive stereotype. Albanians […]

Could someone tell why the words bind, band and bundle haven’t got more similar spelling?

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Posted in categories: English, Linguistics

I’m a bit incredulous at the other reactions to this question; but of course, you’ve A2A’d the right person. You’re right, OP. bind and band and bundle all mean similar things. A band is something that you bind things with. An bundle is a bunch of things that have been bound together. Hey, bound is […]