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Posts Tagged 'language'
A Brief History of OK [video]
Published September 20, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: history, language, lexicology, OK, okay, Old Kinderhook, oll korrect, vernacular, video
10 Letters Dropped From The Alphabet [video]
Published January 24, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Ampersand, Ash, Eng, English, Eth, language, lexicography, Long S, Thorn, video, Wynn, Yogh
Talk To The Animals [video]
Published August 5, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: African Grey Parrot, animal intelligence, communication, Dr. Doolittle, Harvard, Irene Pepperberg, language, National Science Foundation, video, wildlife
8 Ancient Writing Systems That Haven’t Been Deciphered
Published November 4, 2015 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Cretan Hieroglyphics, Decipher, language, lexicography, Linear A, Linguistics, Olmec writing, Proto-Elamite, Rongorongo, Singapore stone, Sitovo inscription, Wadi el-Hol script
Mental_floss published a list of 8 writing systems that haven’t been deciphered.
The Last Speakers of the Lost Whistling Language, Sylbo [video]
Published July 28, 2015 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Canary Islands, La Gomera, language, Sylbo, video, Whistling Language
The Real Origin of OK [video]
Published July 10, 2015 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Dictionary, language, lexicography, OK, okay, video, word origin
Words That Aren’t What You Think They Are [video]
Published May 6, 2015 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: bombast, Dictionary, eke out, just deserts, language, left in the lurch, lexicon, one fell swoop, sleight of hand, video, whet your appetite, words
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