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Featured article: February 13, 2008

Irish phonology varies from dialect to dialect; there is no standard pronunciation of the language. Irish phonology has been studied as a discipline since the late 19th century, with numerous researchers publishing descriptive accounts of dialects from all regions where the language is spoken. More recently, theoretical linguists have also turned their attention to Irish phonology, producing a number of books, articles, and doctoral theses on the topic. One of the most important aspects of Irish phonology is the fact that almost all consonants appear in pairs, with one member of each pair being "broad" and the other "slender". Broad consonants are velarized, that is, the back of the tongue is pulled back and slightly up in the direction of the soft palate while the consonant is being articulated. Slender consonants are palatalized, which means the tongue is pushed up toward the hard palate during the articulation. The contrast between broad and slender consonants is crucial in Irish, because the meaning of a word can change if a broad consonant is substituted for a slender consonant or vice versa. Irish shares a number of phonological characteristics with its nearest linguistic relatives, Scottish Gaelic and Manx, as well as with Hiberno-English, the language with which it is most closely in contact. (more...)

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A pair of rice grasshoppers (Oxya yezoensis), a pest of rice in Asia. The male is on the right, about 30 mm (1.2 in) in length, and the female is on the left, about 40 mm (1.6 in) long. This species is one of many species of grasshopper around the world which, in its swarming phase, is known as a locust. These are species that can breed rapidly under suitable conditions and subsequently become gregarious and migratory. They form bands as nymphs and swarms as adults—both of which can travel great distances, rapidly stripping fields and greatly damaging crops.

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Featured list: List of Kylie Minogue concert tours

This is a list of concert tours by Kylie Minogue, an Australian pop music singer. Since 1989, Minogue has embarked on nine worldwide concert tours performing in Australia, Europe and Asia. Minogue's first live concert performance was in 1988 at Canton, a nightclub in Hong Kong.

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Year	Title	Dates	Number of performances	Release format(s)
1989	Disco in Dream/The Hitman Roadshow	October 2, 1989–October 9, 1989 (Japan)	4	VHS, Laserdisc
Disco in Dream was a four days tour of Japan. Minogue performed at the Tokyo Dome in front of 38,000 fans each night.^[1] Using the same set list, Minogue embarked on The Hitman Roadshow, a free, ten date tour of England, which was sponsored by local radio stations.^[1]
1990	Enjoy Yourself Tour	February 3, 1990–February 9, 1990 (Australia) April 17, 1990–May 18, 1990 (Europe) May 24, 1990–May 26, 1990 (Asia)	22
The tour sold-out in London, Belfast and Dublin.^[1] It also marked the debut of her successful single "Better the Devil You Know".^[2]

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