Why are some languages spoken faster than others? New research suggests that different tongues, regardless of speed, transmit information at roughly the same rate.
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Writing has been inexorably intertwined with language for thousands of years, and Unicode is the system used by modern computers to encode all the characters used by all the world’s writing systems. But nobody knows where one of them (⍼) came from!
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Language is intimately associated with writing, and orthography is the nuts and bolts of writing. Did you know English used to have two different lowercase S’s? https://t.co/O5foMEG4KO
Add some spice to your vocabulary with a few key terms from the Carolina brogue of the Outer Banks. We all know a whopperjawed dingbatter or two! https://t.co/LDXeR03kcq
Great discussion on regional variations in grammar like ‘I’m done the files’ and ‘Might could do that’ as well as Black American Sign Language: https://t.co/6EyyVjF0Qf