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Myrna Graham
Myrna is the anglicization, anglicized form of the Irish language, Irish name ''Muirne'' and may refer to: *Myrna Anselma (1936–2008), Dutch Antillean fencer *Myrna Blyth (born 1939), American editor and writer *Myrna Brown (1959–2007), African-American singer and songwriter best known as Screechy Peach *Myrna Clark, New Democratic Party candidate, Canada *Myrna Combellack, academic researcher and writer of the Institute of Cornish Studies *Myrna Culbreath (born 1938), American science fiction writer *Myrna Cunningham, Miskita feminist and indigenous rights activist from Nicaragua *Myrna Dell (1924–2011), American actress, model, and writer *Myrna Dey, Canadian writer and novelist *Myrna Driedger, politician in Manitoba, Canada *Myrna Fahey (1933–1973), American actress, played Maria Crespo in Walt Disney's ''Zorro'' *Myrna Fyfe (born 1941), retired Canadian provincial level politician and hospital administrator *Myrna Gopnik, Professor Emerita of Linguistics at McGill Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglicization
Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by Culture of England, English culture or Culture of the United Kingdom, British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influence of English culture and business on other countries outside England or the United Kingdom, including their media, cuisine, popular culture, technology, business practices, laws, or political systems. Linguistic anglicisation is the practice of modifying foreign words, names, and phrases to make them easier to spell, pronounce or understand in English language, English. The term commonly refers to the respelling of foreign words, often to a more drastic degree than that implied in, for example, Romanization, romanisation. One instance is the word "dandelion", modified from the French ''dent-de-lion'' ("lion's tooth", a reference to the plant's sharply indented leaves). The term can also re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |