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The ‘Dot That Died’: Hangul’s Lost Vowel
The Korean alphabet, Hangul, is praised for its scientific design, but it once held a secret: a lost vowel called…
Stuttering John’s Lost Language
In the 10th century, an envoy named John of Gorze adopted a radical language-learning strategy: two years of total silence…
The Town That Fought Over Its Apostrophe
What happens when a local council tries to erase a single punctuation mark from a place name? In the English…
How Dr. Seuss Invented ‘Nerd’
Where did the word 'nerd' come from? The answer lies not in a dusty dictionary, but in the whimsical pages…
The Treaty That Had Two Meanings
New Zealand's founding document, the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, exists in two languages—but it tells two different stories. A crucial…
The Doctor Who Invented a Writing System
Discover the forgotten story of Dr. J. W. P. Davis, a Liberian doctor who invented a unique writing system for…
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