Third Wheel – Its Meaning, Origin & Usage
While the phrase “third wheel” has quite a long and fascinating history, it has actually carried through to modern day with most of its original meaning remaining intact and is now one of the most…
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While the phrase “third wheel” has quite a long and fascinating history, it has actually carried through to modern day with most of its original meaning remaining intact and is now one of the most…
Has someone ever said to you “may the odds be ever in your favor”? If so, you may have wondered what this meant. You’re in luck! This guide explores everything that you need to know…
Have you been casually enjoying your favorite YouTube vlogger and noticed that they keep holding 4 fingers up and then closing their fingers over their thumb without any other context? Or maybe you’ve seen photos…
There are lots of ways that you can refer to certain things in life, and soda tab has so many potential uses and meanings that it can get extremely confusing. As a modern phrase, the…
‘Sumer is icumen in’ in both Audio and text versions. Middle English Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu! Groweş sed and bloweş med And springş şe wde nu, Sing cuccu! Awe bleteş after lomb,…
Short Poem & Numbers in Modern Frisian in both Audio and text versions. Modern Frisian Būter, brea, en griene tsiis, Wa’t dat net sizze kin is gjin oprjochte Fries. Ien, twa, trije, fjouwer, fiif, seis,…
Nigerian Pidgin English in both Audio and text versions. Nigerian Pidgin English How Bodi. How You Dey? I dey fine. Why you dey give me wahala? Your story get k-leg! Abeg! No waste my time!…
The Lord’s Prayer in Old English in both Audio and text versions with Middle English and Modern English translations. Old English Fæder ure şu şe eart on heofonum, si şin nama gehalgod. to becume şin…
Excerpt from ‘Le Chanson de Roland’ in Norman French in both Audio and text versions. Middle English Carle li reis, nostre emperere magnes, Set anz tuz pleins ad estét en Espaigne: Tresque’en la mer cunquist…
Birhtwold’s Speech from ‘The Battle of Maldon’ in both Audio and text versions. Old English Hyge sceal þy heardra, heorte þy cenre, Mod sceal þy mare þy ure mægen lytlaþ. Her ligeþ ure ealdor eall…
Beginning of the ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ in both Audio and text versions. Middle English Sişen şe sege and şe assaut watz sesed at troye Şe bor3 brittened and brent to brondez and…
Beginning of the Prologue of Beowulf in both Audio and text versions. Old English Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum, þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon. Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum, monegum mægþum, meodosetla…