Mute English is a term coined in the People's Republic of China to describe a phenomenon where people cannot speak English well and have a poor listening...
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A mute is a device attached to a musical instrument which changes the instrument's tone quality (timbre) or lowers its volume. Mutes are commonly used...
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context; the preferred term today is simply deaf. In 19th-century British English mute and dumb meant 'non-speaking', and were not pejorative terms. For example...
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Mute is a 2018 tech-noir film directed by Duncan Jones, who co-wrote the script with Michael Robert Johnson. A follow-up to his 2009 film Moon, it stars...
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The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurasia, and (as a rare winter...
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Silent letter (redirect from Mute letter)
an unpronounced or unwritten segment. One of the noted difficulties of English spelling is a high number of silent letters. Edward Carney distinguishes...
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Mute Witness (German: Stumme Zeugin, Russian: Немой свидетель) is a 1995 horror thriller film written, directed and produced by Anthony Waller, his feature...
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The Mute Gods are an English progressive rock supergroup uniting Nick Beggs, Marco Minnemann and Roger King. Beggs approached King—with whom he had worked...
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Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster...
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A mute of malice is a defendant in a criminal case who willfully chooses not to speak, as opposed to one who does not speak because he is physically or...
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