Tag: language

September 17, 2018 at 11:59 am

How an 1830s Meme Became the Most Widely Spoken Word in the World

How an 1830s Meme Became the Most Widely Spoken Word in the World

Okay this is pretty interesting

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August 30, 2018 at 1:30 pm

When Your Name Is Too Rude for a Website’s Algorithm

When Your Name Is Too Rude for a Website's Algorithm

The phenomenon is so common there’s even a name for it, the ‘Scunthorpe problem’

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August 13, 2018 at 5:07 pm

If English Were Phonetically Consistent It Would Sound Like This

If English Were Phonetically Consistent It Would Sound Like This

An interesting exploration of the English language by Aaron Alon

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July 9, 2018 at 4:27 pm

The Importance of Sentence Length in Writing

The Importance of Sentence Length in Writing

An excerpt from Gary Provost’s 1985 book, “100 ways to improve your writing”

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May 22, 2018 at 12:23 pm

This Guy Printed out the Terms of Service for the World’s Most Popular Apps

This Guy Printed out the Terms of Service for the World's Most Popular Apps

The agreements were printed on standard A4 wide scroll with standard legal contract font size and type

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May 10, 2018 at 3:39 pm

Google Just Demoed Its Assistant Making Actual F%*&$!@ Phone Calls

Google Just Demoed Its Assistant Making Actual F%*&$!@ Phone Calls

I don’t know how to feel about this

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April 25, 2018 at 12:29 pm

Artist Designs Universal Typeface That Combines Braille With English Alphabet

Artist Designs Universal Typeface That Combines Braille With English Alphabet

Designer Kosuke Takahashi wants to use the universal typeset for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

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March 15, 2018 at 2:09 am

Teacher’s Postcard Project Goes Viral, Reaches 90 Countries and Every US State

Teacher's Postcard Project Goes Viral, Reaches 90 Countries and Every US State

Elementary school teacher David Arwood was looking for a way to show his class how diverse and connected the world is

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October 18, 2017 at 12:14 pm

10 Interesting Quotes to Start Your Day

10 Interesting Quotes to Start Your Day

Hopefully a couple of these give you pause

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October 17, 2017 at 1:22 pm

Guy Finds Joke Book from 1940 with a Hitler Reference

Guy Finds Joke Book from 1940 with a Hitler Reference

Joke #5524 from “10,000 Jokes, Toasts, and Stories” is a good one

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