Received Pronunciation (RP) is the British English accent regarded as the standard one, carrying the highest social prestige, since as late as the very early 20th century. [1] [2] Language scholars have long disagreed on RP's exact definition, how geographically neutral it is, how many speakers there are, the nature and classification of its sub-varieties, how appropriate a choice it is as a ...

Boston Public Library’s cost-free English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programs for adult learners are an essential community resource for a growing and diversifying populace. The library offers programming online and at multiple locations, facilitated by a dedicated team of BPL staff and literacy volunteers.

Indian Americans are people with ancestry from India who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States.The terms Asian Indian and East Indian are used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States, who are also referred to as "Indians" or "American Indians".With a population of more than 5.1 million, Indian Americans make up approximately 1.47% of the U.S. population ...

In the online Oxford Dictionaries, the term "anti-Americanism" is defined as "Hostility to the interests of the United States". [21]In the first edition of Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828) the term "anti-American" was defined as "opposed to America, or to the true interests or government of the United States; opposed to the revolution in America".

Size comparison of the giant gymnure (moonrat) Deinogalerix from the Late Miocene of Gargano, Italy, with a European hedgehog. Island gigantism, or insular gigantism, is a biological phenomenon in which the size of an animal species isolated on an island increases dramatically in comparison to its mainland relatives.Island gigantism is one aspect of the more general "island effect" or "Foster ...