#1963
23.05.2023 22:37
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Wikipedia: Ithkuil
... is an experimental constructed language created by John Quijada. It is designed to express more profound levels of human cognition briefly yet overtly and clearly, particularly about human categorization. It is a cross between an a priori philosophical and a logical language. It tries to minimize the vagueness and semantic ambiguity in natural human languages.
#1936
15.05.2023 22:41
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Wikipedia: Pfeilstorch
Pfeilstorch (German for 'arrow stork', pronounced [ˈpfaɪ̯l.ˌʃtɔɐ̯ç]; plural Pfeilstörche, [-ˌʃtœɐ̯.çə]) is a stork that’s been injured by an arrow while wintering in Africa and returns to Europe with the arrow still stuck in its body. As of 2003, about 25 Pfeilstörche have been documented in Germany.
#1934
15.05.2023 22:29
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The Peppa Effect
The Guardian: Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British accents?
#1933
15.05.2023 01:23
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Reddit: Asians Explain How Different They Sound
#1923
09.05.2023 22:27
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Boingboing: Watch Brits try to speak like Americans
#1914
06.05.2023 19:57
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Wikipedia user edits over 90k uses of “comprised of”
#1897
27.04.2023 22:59
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Niemand hat die Absicht, queerzubaiten.
The European Review of Books: Beamer, Dressman, Bodybag
#1876
22.04.2023 20:32
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Wikipedia: Boustrophedon
a style of writing in which alternate lines of writing are reversed, with letters also written in reverse, mirror-style.
Deutsche Wikipedia: Bustrophedon
#1875
22.04.2023 20:23
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Atlas Obscura: How Did the Chess Pieces Get Their Names?
One player’s pawn is another’s farmer. And at one time, the queen was the virgin, and rather powerless.
#1864
18.04.2023 22:50
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& per se &
HaggardHawks: Ampersand (2015)
#1855
16.04.2023 21:06
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Korean RPN
Naver: Korean as a Concatenative, Stack-Oriented Language (2017)
AP: Hi 지애!
#1836
08.04.2023 20:04
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Gar nicht übel, Fefe: Offenbar
#1815
02.04.2023 23:22
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CNN: Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English words
#1808
30.03.2023 21:41
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Spektrum.de: Sprachmodelle: Ist bei einer KI größer immer besser?
#1798
27.03.2023 21:04
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Spektrum.de: Höflichkeit in der Sprache: »Es ist nicht belegt, dass das ›Sie‹ verschwindet«
#1791
25.03.2023 15:17
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XKCD: Relative Terms
BIG, SMALL, LOUD, and QUIET are relative terms. The thing they're relative to is a sewing machine.
Small sewing machines are sewing machines that are smaller than a sewing machine. A sewing machine is larger than a small sewing machine, but quieter than a loud sewing machine.