A Loanword Is A Word Taken From Another Language, Such As Angst Or Tsunami Or Calque.A Calque Is A Literal

A loanword is a word taken from another language, such as ‘angst’ or ‘tsunami’ or ‘calque’. A calque is a literal translation of a word from another language, such as rhinestone (from French caillou du Rhine) or blueblood (from Spanish sangre azul) or loanword (from German lehnwort). #linguistics #calque #loanword is a calque #calque is a loanword #what

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Pills from a Pharmaceutical Filament

Researchers at the University of Central Lancashire, England, created a pharmaceutical filament and printed a theophylline pill on a MakerBot Replicator 2X. “Eventually, we hope to see that units can be kept at home for patients who continuously need to change their daily dose,” says Mohamed Albed Alhnan. (University of Central Lancashire via 3DPrint)

Time for the last giveaway of the year! One winner will receive a handmade sea creature necklace of their choosing, see all the choices in detail HERE (indolentjellyfish.etsy.com)

Also if you sign up to etsy with this link: http://etsy.me/1t4tCt2 you get $5 off any purchase, from any shop!

Rules:

Reblog to enter

No more than one reblog per day (no giveaway only blogs)

Winner will be chosen by random number generator

I will ship anywhere in the world

You must know the difference between a jellyfish and an octopus

Giveaway ends in two weeks (Nov 23rd/2014 11:59 pm PST)

Good luck!

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E-Nabling the Future is an organization of volunteers who produce 3D-printed prosthetic superhero arms for kids in need.