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A day in Oxford……what a treat for me and The Mister…..

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11407) • United Kingdom 23 Mar

Someone must be looking down on us. The Mister spent all weekend really unwell. We got a call last night saying he was on stand down from work today …..paperwork etc….and he was on a different job from tomorrow. We took...

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I'm going to London this July, any suggestions?

Paige Caldwell @Pcaldwell (78) • Los Angeles, California 28 Mar 19

I got a scholarship to study at Oxford this summer. I've been to the United Kingdom before when I was a teenager, but this will be my first time back in 15 years. I plan on doing some traveling around the Isle as well as some...

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Sinkhole in Oxford Nova Scotia

Starmaiden @Starmaiden (9308) • Canada 31 Aug 18

What began as an assumed "gopher hole" has become, over the last month, the "Black Hole" of a small Nova Scotia town park. It continues to grow daily and is now over 30 metres/ 100 feet wide. It sucks in trees, picnic tables and...

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Short Horror Story Review Edgar Allan Poe William Wilson

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 27 Jul 18

1839 – Spoiler alerts. William Wilson is a classic unreliable witness story and an early doppelganger story. It explores similar themes of madness, guilt and self-loathing to Poe’s later tales, The Tell Tale Heart, Fall Of The...

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"Youthquake" Oxford word of the year!.

Mohit Arora @mohit459 (12564) • Haldwani, India 16 Dec 17

The word @Youthquake has become the word of the year by Oxford Dictionary!.. Youthquake defines the change in the taste, trend and others views and thought of the teen or youths!.. The term saw 401% increase in usage! And that's...

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Photo #11: My Photography

Mary Ann @therealmaryyy (3162) • Philippines 9 Jan 17

3 months ago, my friend and i went for a day travel to Oxford. it is 2 hours and a half travel by bus.. we got lucky that it was a sunny day and during that time- there was a marathon happening! so it was a little crowded but...

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DICTIONARY

kumbarn14 @kumbarn14 (735) • Pakistan 21 Nov 16

Thank you Mylot, you have made me to use my Oxford Dictionary. Getting rusty a bit but the dictionary is my companion from school, to work and now with you. I dont use spell check from the computer.

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Poetry Review - John Betjeman – The Wykehamist

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 2 Oct 16

This poem from 1932 carries a rather odd dedication to Randolph Churchill, the son of Winston Churchill, to which Betjeman takes the trouble to explain that the poem should not be assumed to be about Randolph Churchill, who was...

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Venturing Beyond London

Shiva @Shiva49 (28389) • Singapore 1 Sep 16

I did not plan my visit to London in detail as I wanted to be on my own not restricted by organized tours. That proved a wise decision though we did take hop on hop off tours for a couple of days within the city. Then we zeroed...

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The Radcliffe Square has been Flower Crotched

Happy Lady and Freya the Catblog Cat @Jackalyn (7558) • Oxford, England 19 Aug 16

Wonderful! Someone or some people have festooned every available railing in Oxford's Radcliffe Square with crotcheted flowers. No idea why. Would you do it? Have you ever seen anything like it? I think I may knit a lamp post a...

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2015 Word Of The Year

myLot Prince (LOL) @trivia79 (7827) • El Segundo, California 8 Jan 16

For Oxford, the 2015 word of the year was really not a word at all. It's a kind of emoji that gained fame from social networking site, facebook. See the picture attached, that's the word of the year, it's an emoji. Dictionary.com...

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Anonymous

lady Di @lady1993 (27221) • Philippines 15 Jun 12

Another story on who really wrote the Shakespeare plays. That it was really Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford.. it was quite an amazing movie.. It was very interesting and well written, acted and directed. The costumes were nice...

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Mylot and oxford dictionary.

shibham @shibham (16977) • India 16 Dec 11

Hi everyone.... I don't know exactly which dictionary is followed by my laptop windows. When i type anything here, a red underline appears if a word is spelled wrongly and then i check the word and most often right click and...

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Oxford english dictionary free links please..

dharan @dharanil (319) • India 4 Nov 11

Beloved mylotters, I need oxford english dictionary to download. Please provide me the link to download dictionary. Thanks in advance

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Your experience studying abroad?

cerebralcasserole @cerebralcasserole (11) • United States 23 May 11

I studied abroad in Oxford, UK last semester at the University of Oxford, New College. What was your experience studying abroad? Anyone else go to England? How did you cope with being back in your home country after you studied in...

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The oxford dictionary features the words "muffin top", "Lol", and "omg"

wickedspies @wickedspies (965) • United States 25 Mar 11

It has been know that often times words that are used in the general public usually with time end up finding their way into the English dictionary. Well now a commonly know slang word, muffin top (Meaning the fat above the pants...

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Oxford

MeMoneyAndLove @abhi_bangal (7679) • Ahmednagar, India 24 Sep 08

Do you think oxford dictionaries are the best around?

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Oxford, I am coming~

cuplsuperman @cuplsuperman (62) • China 8 Apr 08

Today I received big news, this summer I will be admitted study in Oxford in a month. I have passed the test and got this chance. I should prepare all of my files within 10 days, and will go to the embassy to have the visa....

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Do you prefer OXFORD DICTIONARY or WEBSTER'S?

manya_pearl @manya_pearl (1901) • Singapore 18 Mar 08

I prefer Oxford dictionary, its provide the word in english britain and english american... hmmm... complete words... anyway oxford usually have good quality paper compare to some webster's dictionary...

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What is Best University in Civil Enginering?

fibonacciZZZ @fibonacciZZZ (488) • Indonesia 8 Nov 07

What is Best University in Civil Enginering?

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