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      Jared Spears

      Jared Spears

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      11 Gaelic Loanwords to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day

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      Germinal, Floréal, Prairial: The Re-Imagined Spring of the French Revolutionary Calendar

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      5 Facts About the Wild Life of Call of the Wild Author Jack London

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      How Poe's French Translator Made "The Raven" Even Spookier

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      12 Words from Ulysses to Help You Celebrate Bloomsday

      Illuminate your otherwise-ordinary Bloomsday observances by citing from among Joyce’s apt yet archaic trove of word choices.

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      11 Delightful Words From Washington Irving’s Autumn Stories

      Try spicing your fall with a few of these rustic charmers, drawn from the pages of Washington Irving.

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      10 of Voltaire's Favorite Bon Mots for Bastille Day

      Celebrate Bastille Day by sprinkling a few of Voltaire's choicest bon mots into your conversations.

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      14 Scots Words from the Works of Robert Burns

      Polish up on this list of words and phrases from Robert Burns’s complete works. Highlighting the imagination of his Scots language, they are ripe for revival by Robbie revelers old and new.

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