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In Islamic art, the graceful curves of calligraphy are not a matter of artistic whim, but of sacred mathematics. This…
What happens when a language preserved in a 1,000-year-old time capsule re-encounters its rapidly evolved cousin? The meeting of Icelandic…
"Kindly update your details immediately". It's a phrase that feels slightly off, and for good reason. This article breaks down…
That familiar squiggle, the tilde (~), is more than just a decoration on the Spanish 'ñ' or a casual emoji.…
Why isn't the past tense of "go" *goed*? The answer lies in a fascinating linguistic phenomenon called suppletion, where a…
To a computer, what exactly is a "word"? This seemingly simple question opens up the "word boundary problem", a surprisingly…
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