Tag: language

April 20, 2016 at 5:08 pm

Between the Words: Exploring Punctuation in Literary Classics

Between the Words: Exploring Punctuation in Literary Classics

Nicholas Rougeux removes all of the letters, numbers, spaces and line breaks from the famous texts, displaying just the punctuation in a continuous line of symbols starting at the top center and spiralling inwards.

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April 20, 2016 at 11:53 am

How the Same Emoji Varies Across Platforms

How the Same Emoji Varies Across Platforms

That ‘grinning face with smiling eyes’ emoji does not look how you think it looks

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January 12, 2016 at 10:42 am

Author George Saunders On Storytelling

Author George Saunders On Storytelling

In this rare appearance as a documentary subject, George Saunders reveals the pitfalls of bad storytelling and explains the openness and generosity required to breathe life into great characters

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January 5, 2016 at 12:33 pm

17 Words the English Language Needs to Add to its Lexicon

17 Words the English Language Needs to Add to its Lexicon

From cellfish friends to straight up askholes, here are 17 words the English language needs to add to its lexicon

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December 18, 2015 at 3:22 pm

A Bad Lip Reading of Star Wars

A Bad Lip Reading of Star Wars

Vader keeps texting Leia, while Ben continues his quest for the Pickaxe of Cortez. Jack Black, Maya Rudolph, and Bill Hader guest.

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November 19, 2015 at 2:17 pm

These Puns are Terrible and I Love Them (18 Photos)

These Puns are Terrible and I Love Them (18 Photos)

Commence eye rolling in 3… 2…

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November 11, 2015 at 12:01 pm

Picture of the Day: Lest We Forget

Picture of the Day: Lest We Forget

In Flanders fields the poppies blow; Between the crosses, row on row

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November 6, 2015 at 11:55 am

The Time Schwarzenegger Wrote a Big FU to a California Assemblyman

The Time Schwarzenegger Wrote a Big FU to a California Assemblyman

Hasta la vista baby

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August 4, 2015 at 6:26 pm

Mom Offers Son a Treat If He Can Say ‘Mama’, Hungry Dog Says It Instead

Mom Offers Son a Treat If He Can Say 'Mama', Hungry Dog Says It Instead

The talking dog deserves more credit, that’s pretty impressive!

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July 30, 2015 at 12:30 pm

Google Translate App Uses Camera to Decipher Foreign Languages in Real Time

Google Translate App Uses Camera to Decipher Foreign Languages in Real Time

The Google Translate team test their new app in 27 languages as they translate Ritchie Valens’ hit song, La Bamba.

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