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Posted 3 years, 3 months ago in the wee hours by oso

From Wordsmith’s A Word of the Day:

diglot (DY-glot) adjective

Bilingual

noun

A bilingual book, person, etc.
[From Greek diglottos, from di- (two) + -glottos, from glossa,
(tongue, language).]

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Posted 3 years, 3 months ago mid-afternoon by oso

Note: This post is the third in a series. Here are parts one and two.
And so the first year of tutoring at Gompers continued on. Every Tuesday and Thursday I would wake up at 5:45 am, go for a quick jog, shower, make my coffee and drive the 30 minutes to Gompers High. There were [...]

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Posted 3 years, 3 months ago in the early afternoon by oso

Update (6:50 p.m.): Elena makes a good point. I make it sound like you have to upload a photo of yourself. Not at all. You can upload whatever you want. Most people upload the normal cliches: Che, Bob Marley, the Zapatista star … whatever. You can upload a picture of your butt cheeks walking for [...]

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