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Ancient calendars were based on the lunar month and the solar year. Because the solar year is not an integral multiple of the lunar month, the months tended to drift through the seasons, and before anyone quite realized it February was the first month of the year instead of March. It was embarrassing to have a spring festival in the middle of a snowstorm, so one of the functions of the high priest was to occasionally insert or intercalate an extra month into a year to bring the seasons back into synchronization

Mighty Like a Mule

Compound words result from the union of two or more simple words. They can be phrasal compounds like \u27nevertheless\u27 or or fused compounds like \u27smog\u27 (smoke and fog). Many books on linguistics mention hybrid words: compound words whose simplex components come from different languages. The usual example given is \u27automobile\u27, with the Greed-derived auto and the Latin-derived mobile. Other names for these include mongrel words or mule words

Vowel Symmetry

Arrange the letters of the alphabet in columns of two

Dipthongs

A vowel, by definition, is a sound produced by the vibrations of the vocal cords without the friction or stoppage which characterizes consonants. The alphabetical vowels are A, E, I, O, and U, comprising about 40 percent of the letters in all written words. Actually, A and I are dipthongs; one vowel sound immediately followed by another I is pronounced ah-ee

Suffix Quiz

One characteristic of the English language is its extensive use of affixes, and of suffixes in particular. Indeed, a dictionary count shows that some 45 per cent of the words listed are suffixed, including 2 per cent that are double-suffixed (nothingness, particularize, etc.)

Se Doefel Daner

When the Angles, Saxons and Jutes invaded England during the fifth century, they wiped out the native Celts both physically and linguistically. Except for place-names, only a half-dozen or so Celtic words entered Old English. By the ninth century, with the Celts all but exterminated, the Anglo-Saxons settled down to enjoy the good English life

2016 Physicians Assistant Licensure Survey Instrument

In 2016 all Physician Assistants who biennially renewed their license electronically were invited to complete this voluntary Survey Instrument administered by the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (IPLA). The data used for the 2016 Physician Assistant Data Report were extracted from the survey data from these files provided by IPLA through the Indiana State Department of Health

2016 Psychologist Licensure Survey Instrument

In 2016 Psychologists who biennially renewed their license electronically were invited to complete this voluntary Survey Instrument administered by the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (IPLA). The data used for the 2016 Mental Health Workforce Data Report were extracted from survey data from these files provided by IPLA through the Indiana State Department of Health