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The most popular boys' names of the 1950s are quite traditional and would make an ideal baby name for those wishing to honour ...
Six out of 10 Brits say the best choice for a baby name is something that's 'uncommon but not unusual', according to the YouGov survey. In other words, a moniker not everyone else in the class will ...
Cambridge scholars have finally cracked a 130-year-old medieval literary puzzle: the Song of Wade, a long-lost gem of English ...
The Song of Wade was hugely popular throughout the Middle Ages. For several centuries, its central character remained a major ...
Genteel” is used to describe someone or something that appears polished, graceful, and proper — often in a way linked to upper-class behaviour. But beneath its lace-trimmed surface, the word can carry ...
A medieval literary puzzle which has stumped scholars, including M.R. James for 130 years has finally been solved. Cambridge ...
As explained in Part I, which you can read HERE, the following list of 21 words or phrases are some of the terms that I found ...