Welcome to The Realm.

This is the official and authorized homepage of ICLIng, a newsgroup also known as The Illuminated Realm ('The Realm' to close friends). This page is still under construction and by knowing the loafer who's maintaining it we can assure you that  it will always be so.
The main purpose of this web site is to host the FAQs of the group, and you are to find them on this page. A secondary but not so secret purpose is to allow newcomers to understand what's going on within the group and why some people are called  Queens, some other Knights and so on. Also  it would be highly appreciated if you will spend some of your time learning the basic netiquette and the extra tidbits of good manners that the group is fostering since its foundation.

Here is a list of what you will find (the future tense is due because of  the loafer's attitudes):

FAQs
That for which you are here. The Frequently Asked Questions.
Available in one huge single page, or sliced in several pages.

About The Realm
A brief history of ICLIng, a short description of the regular posters (a few pictures to indulge the most curious among you) e the reports of our Gatherings. Also, a short guide to good manners, i.e. the Netiquette reviewed according to The Realm's standards. You don't want to be put to the sword, do you?

Learning Tools
On these pages you will find a few recordings to tune your pronouncing skills (courtesy of Martin Kenny) and a few entertaining posts that were submitted to the Court's attention (a section not even begun). Under construction is also a section with tips on how to best configure your computer in order to write, read, listen and watch documents in the English language.

Learning Sites
A list of the major websites related to learning the English language. At any rate, an ample selection is to be found in our FAQs. This collection is sliced by subject and it covers general purpose didactical websites, grammar, lessons and exercises , slang and a generous section devoted to the freely downloadable (English language) documents scattered on the Net. From your laundry list to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Reference
References for everyone. Dictionaries, glossaries, encyclopedias.
This too is part of the FAQs, but here it is placed on a single page to ease your search (aren't we lovely?). Oh, by the way, don't forget to bookmark the awesome Internet Public Library, the ultimate web reference for everything out there.

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