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Kiselëvsk History hinges on psycholinguistics: the way we interpret the past is dependant on our perception of language.

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buy Ivermectin australia These posts dig into our use of language and some of the linguistic idiosyncrasies linked to the second world war. However, history is a broad church and I’m in the curious congregation – pass me a hymn-book, I’ll sing about maps.

There’s a smattering of recherché language here, and a few oblique theories, but mistakes are mine alone. As always, I paddle in the ink-pools of literary giants.