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Have there always been so many wonderful essays written about Chanukah? Or is this just the first year I’m noticing? (Or does it simply have something to do with heavy-duty anthology promotion?) For an officially minor holiday, Chanukah seems to be inspiring some truly lovely writing. Here are two more finds: Amy Klein’s “Hanukkah Is in the Holiday Season, Too,” and David Bezmozgis’s “Festival of Birthdays.”
Traditional RP is the accent you hear from classically trained English actors born before about 1960, like Ben Kingsley, Judi Dench, or Patrick Steward. Modern RP is what you’ll hear from many educated (Southeastern) British English speakers today (especially those under the age of sixty).
Can you tell which actor speaks which? Take the quiz below to find out. Watch out, though! Not everyone under sixty speaks Modern RP. Hugh Grant? Traditional RP.
If you're interested in learning a Modern RP accent, or just in learning more about it, check out my upcoming webinar: Modern RP—The Basics.
How's it made? It's a pretty complicated action, and so pretty complicated to describe, but you might get close if you squish the sides and tip of your tongue up quite tightly inside your upper teeth and protrude your lips out trumpet-like, bracing the lip corners and bringing the inner, wet surfaces of the upper and lower lips close together. (There are actually different versions of this in different dialects of Swedish, but this is how the Stockholm version—the one you can hear above—is usually made.)
The alveolar lateral approximate is a lovely sound that's also fun to make. You may have heard it before or may even use it yourself if you speak Spanish or Italian. It's the sound spelled 'gl' in Italian, as in the word gli, and 'll,' as in pollo, in some varieties of Spanish (Andean, Paraguayan, some traditional speakers in
Spain). To make it, you bring the middle of your tongue—not the tip—up to the roof of your mouth and make an 'l' like sound, letting the air flow around the sides of the tongue.
Who doesn't love clicks? This is the one horse riders usually use to say 'get moving!' to their steeds. It's one of several different click sounds that can be heard in Khoisan and some Bantu languages. It's even in the name of one of them, Xhosa. (The 'x' is the click, the 'h' after it indicates that it's aspirated in this word—there's a puff of air that follows the click before the vowel sound kicks in.
Here's a cool vowel sound. It's called a close back unrounded vowel, which means the back of the tongue is arched up very high towards the soft palate (the tongue tip is down behind the bottom teeth, as for all vowel sounds). This is the same tongue position as for an [u] sound, as in the word goose or true, as they might be pronounced by an old-fashioned Shakespearean actor. ;) The only difference is lip-rounding. The lips are rounded strongly forwards for [u], but completely relaxed or even spreading a bit for [ɯ]. This fun sound
doesn't really exist in English or most European languages, but can be heard in Mandarin, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Estonian, among others. To try it yourself, make a long, very back [u]. Keep your tongue in place, and slowly unround your lips. There you go!
In Tlingit, Navajo, Cherokee, Icelandic, and Klingon (!), there's a fascinating sound called a voiceless alveolar lateral affricate. (Tlingit is a language spoken by an indigenous people of Southwestern Alaska and Northwestern Canada.) An affricate is a two-part sound composed of a stop and a fricative. English has two affricates: the 'ch' sound [t͡ʃ] in cheese, and the 'soft g' sound [d͡ʒ] in giraffe. If you break these sounds down, you should discover that they're both composed of two
parts. [t͡ʃ] is a [t] sound plus an 'sh' [ʃ] sound. This sound is similar, except instead of the [ʃ], the [t] releases into an alveolar lateral fricative [ɬ], which is like an ordinary English [l] sound, except hissy and without any voicing (meaning the vocal folds aren't vibrating. (This sound is sometimes called a 'lateral lisp' when heard in English speakers as a version of an [s] sound.) You can hear the sound above at the start of the Tlingit word for moth, tleiloo.
Nendrakai Kalan is a rich delicious curry mainly served in sadyas(vegetarian traditional feast) during Onam,Vishu or marriages.This is a coconut & yogurt based curry that serves best with steamed rice.The main spice flavors in this curry is from the pepper powder and green chillies.There are many variations to kalan like kurukku kalan ,katti kalan,etc.I love all coconut & yogurt based curries with rice ,its a complete satisfying meal and so is this recipe.As Keralites have Vishu(Kerala festival) coming up next month,this recipe can be a helping guide to many who wish to prepare their own at home.Enjoy making this at home !!!
Add the chopped plantain and bring to a boil.Let it cook till tender about 7-8 mins.Add few curry leaves.
In the meantime,grind the coconut,cumin seeds & green chillies to a smooth paste.Add this paste to the pan and let one or two bubbles appear at the surface.Put off heat,add in the fenugreek powder and ghee.
In another pan,heat oil.Splutter mustard seeds.Add the curry leaves and dry red chillies.Put off flame and add the seasoning to the curry.
Onam sadyas are the best. I had been to Coconut Groove in Bangalore during Onam festival and had a nice & light meal with a friend!!
Parfait is a french word meaning 'perfect'.This is a frozen dessert made from base of sugar syrup,egg and cream.However,this is a protein packed healthy parfait made with quinoa and yogurt and topped with mango.This is a perfect summer treat for kids and all age groups.This can be given as a after school snack for kids and you can always try out with different varieties of fruits and dry fruits,nuts.Quinoa is considered world's healthiest foods and so this is a filling snack or can be served as a healthy dessert too.Use greek yogurt or hung curd for best results.Enjoy this simple and healthy recipe!
Boil a cup of water and add the rinsed quinoa.Simmer on medium heat and let it cook for 10-12 minutes until well cooked and the water is absorbed.