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Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...phrases which might be seen by more northerly Scottish Gaels as ‘Irishisms’, as shown by the examples below. Table 3 Differences and similarities between Goidelic languages IRISH GAELIC ARGYLL GAELIC NORTHERN SCOTTISH GAELIC ENGLISH ascaill asgaill achlais armpit citeal ceatal coire kettle comharsa coimhearsnach nàbaidh neighbour cosúil cosail coltach like,...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...phrase you hear. ‘You can’t stop someone who’s fully intent on killing themselves.’ So there is this strange logic that individuals who die couldn’t be stopped because they weren’t going to seek care and tell us what was going on. And those who do talk to us were seen as somehow manipulative because of their ambivalence. You heard the word ‘gesturing’. So...
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Article 15 mins
Understanding your customers
Money & Business

Understanding your customers

...phrasing this part of the definition might be to substitute the last word ‘profitably’ with a new phrase such as ‘to achieve organisational and personal objectives’, which has wider relevance. Furthermore, many commercial organisations look for success beyond profitability alone. They include social and environmental objectives in their business planning....
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Richard Brock - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Richard Brock - Earth in Vision

...phrase. Now they claim this is going to raise the bar. Well I can’t believe that the bar can go any higher, but they’re going to hit the bar, because I can’t think of anywhere which is an unknown place, a major landscape with very rare animals that to some extent hasn’t been seen. I challenge them to show that and I look forward to it and they’ve got massive...
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Video 30 mins
Beginners’ Italian: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

...phrases rather than trying to work out what each word means...Beginners’ Italian: food and drink: 3.1 Practising ordering and paying - Activity 7 Listen to the audio track and repeat the expressions. Try to match the pronunciation and intonation of the speaker as closely as possible. Desidera? Mi dica. E per Lei? Vorrei… Per me… Scusi! Allora… Ecco! Activity 8 Now...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...de Triomphe. [Described image] Figure 2 The unveiling of the cenotaph in Whitehall, 1920. In London, a cenotaph – which literally means ‘empty tomb’ – was also established in 1919. This was initially a temporary structure, but due to its popularity a permanent tomb was built and unveiled in 1920. Symbolically significant sites such as these, along with countless...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy

...type of unleavened flatbread which goes back to ancient times and is cooked on a griddle or testo. Some Sicilian cakes go back to the period of Arab domination in Sicily, like cassata, it’s a cake not an ice-cream! Cassata is prepared with exotic ingredients such as saffron, dried fruit and candied fruit. At Christmas time, the panettone of Milan is now found in almost...
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Activity 10 mins
Change in the West of Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Change in the West of Ireland

...type of connection to the wider world as many locals have emigrated in search of employment opportunities. In the following collection of articles, we explore the question: How can unique and distinctive regions, like the West of Ireland, retain the qualities that make them unique while continuing to modernise and interact with the wider world? You can navigate through...
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Article 5 mins