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Dave Wilton

05 Feb 2025 • 7 min read
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laneway / laneway house

4 March 2026 Literally, laneway (lane + way) is a redundant term, and one that is unfamiliar to most Americans. It is found in Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the U.K. Originally simply meaning a road, the word in Canadian usage has narrowed to mean an urban
04 Mar 2026 4 min read
aint Æthelthryth of Ely from the Benedictional of St. Æthelwold, a tenth-century illuminated manuscript in the British Library
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04 Mar 2026 3 min read
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Turtle Island

2 March 2026 Turtle Island is a calque of a Native American term from the creation accounts of tribes speaking languages of the Iroquoian and Algonquian families. It originally was a name for the world, taken from various stories in which the world is said to be the back of
02 Mar 2026 3 min read
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