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12 hours ago · Writer Susan Sontag and linguist Paul Baker place the "soundest starting point" for camp, then meaning flamboyant, as the late 17th and early 18th centuries. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Writer Anthony Burgess theorized it may have emerged from the primary sense of the word , as in a military encampment, where gay men would subtly advertie their sexuality in all-male company through a particular style and ...
12 hours ago · The Code noir (French pronunciation: [kɔd nwaʁ], Black code) was a decree passed by King Louis XIV of France in 1685 defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire and served as the code for slavery conduct in the French colonies up until 1789 the year marking the beginning of the French Revolution.
12 hours ago · Ebonics remained a little-known term until 1996. It does not appear in the 1989 second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, nor was it adopted by linguists. [14] The term became widely known in the United States due to a controversy over a decision by the Oakland School Board to denote and recognize the primary language (or sociolect or ethnolect) of African-American youths attending ...
12 hours ago · A Wolof speaker, recorded in Taiwan. Wolof (/ ˈ w oʊ l ɒ f / WOH-lof; [2] Wolof làkk, وࣷلࣷفْ لࣵکّ) is a Niger–Congo language spoken by the Wolof people in much of West African subregion of Senegambia that is split between the countries of Senegal, Mauritania, and the Gambia.
12 hours ago · The Carboniferous (/ ˌ k ɑːr b ə ˈ n ɪ f ər ə s / KAR-bə-NIF-ər-əs) [6] is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period 358.9 Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Permian Period, 298.9 Ma.
12 hours ago · 🚀【brazino como funciona】🚀 Significa apenas 'nós'",Martin expressa à Rolling Stone sobre o significado do nome: Se. você pensarbrazino como funcionabrazino como funciona uma palavras muito longa 🍉 - Você está tipo; ‘Por que isso é
12 hours ago · Bete Giyorgis from above, one of the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia. Main article: Architecture of Ethiopia Although having its roots in the traditions of Eastern Christianity – especially the Syrian church – as well as later being exposed to European influences – the traditional architectural style of Orthodox Tewahedo ( Ethiopian Orthodox - Eritrean Orthodox ) churches has ...
