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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
How Poe's French Translator Made "The Raven" Even Spookier
When October’s chill grips the air, we reach for those familiar spooky stories we crave this time of year.
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.
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.
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.