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  2. Placing notes in the Western Wall | Wikipedia

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    A girl places a note into a crack of the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Placing notes in the Western Wall refers to the practice of placing slips of paper containing written prayers to God into the cracks of the Western Wall, a Jewish holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is claimed that occurrence of such a phenomenon dates from the early ...

  3. List of Costa Rican records in athletics | Wikipedia

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    Shot put: 17.22 m Pablo Abarca: 10 June 2022 Meeting USMA Migne Auxances, France Discus throw: 51.35 m Roberto Sawyers: 30 January 2010 Puerto Rico 53.27 m [c] Roberto Sawyers: 27 March 2010 Third Qualifying Meet LAI Mayagüez, Puerto Rico [8] Hammer throw: 77.15 m Roberto Sawyers: 12 June 2016 Liberec, Czech Republic [9] Javelin throw: 73.22 m ...

  4. Stress and vowel reduction in English | Wikipedia

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    Stress is a prominent feature of the English language, both at the level of the word (lexical stress) and at the level of the phrase or sentence (prosodic stress).Absence of stress on a syllable, or on a word in some cases, is frequently associated in English with vowel reduction – many such syllables are pronounced with a centralized vowel or with certain other vowels that are described as ...

  5. Lyric setting | Wikipedia

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    Lyric setting. Lyric setting is the process in songwriting of placing textual content (lyrics) in the context of musical rhythm, in which the lyrical meter and musical rhythm are in proper alignment as to preserve the natural shape of the language and promote prosody. Prosody is defined as "an appropriate relationship between elements."

  6. Great Vowel Shift | Wikipedia

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    The first phase of the Great Vowel Shift affected the Middle English close-mid vowels /eː oː/, as in beet and boot, and the close vowels /iː uː/, as in bite and out. The close-mid vowels /eː oː/ became close /iː uː/, and the close vowels /iː uː/ became diphthongs. The first phase was completed in 1500, meaning that by that time, words ...

  7. Note-taking | Wikipedia

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    Note-taking has been an important part of human history and scientific development. The Ancient Greeks developed hypomnema, personal records on important subjects.In the Renaissance and early modern period, students learned to take notes in schools, academies and universities, often producing beautiful volumes that served as reference works after they finished their studies.

  8. Shm-reduplication | Wikipedia

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    Shm-reduplication. Shm-reduplication is a form of reduplication originating in Yiddish in which the original word or its first syllable (the base) is repeated with the copy (the reduplicant) beginning with shm- (sometimes schm-), pronounced / ʃm /. The construction is generally used to indicate irony, sarcasm, derision, skepticism, or lack of ...

  9. Liner notes | Wikipedia

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    Origin. Liner notes are descended from the program notes for musical concerts, and developed into notes that were printed on the outer album jacket or the inner sleeve used to protect a traditional 12-inch vinyl record, i.e., long playing or gramophone record album. The term descends from the name "record liner" or "album liner".