Lev Vygotsky: Philologist and Defectologist, A Sociointellectual Biography1 ANTON YASNITSKY York University Among the pioneers of psychology, Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) may be the best known of those who are least understood. This is not just a problem of historical scholarship: The misunderstanding of Vygotsky started with his
Tawnee /ta-w-nee/ [2 sylls.] as a name for girls. Tawnee means a green field; golden brown. Tawnee is a version of Tawny (Irish, Old English): also an English surname. Compare last name Towne.awnee is an equally unusual surname for all people. (2000 U.S. Census). Below is a graphed analysis of the popularity of Tawnee and affiliated names. Prominent varying forms of Tawnee (not ranked) are Tawny and Tawnya. Forms like Tawna are uncommon.
tawse. pl.n. Chiefly Scots. 1. A whip or leather thong used to drive a spinning top.2. A leather whip divided at the end into strips, formerly used to punish children: Solider Aristotle played the taws / Upon the bottom of a king of kings (William Butler Yeats).. (Education) a leather strap having one end cut into thongs, formerly used as an instrument of punishment by a schoolteacher. vb. 2. (Education) to punish (someone) with or as if with a tawse; whip. [C16: probably plural of obsolete taw strip of leather; see tawÂ²].