grammar

The Language of the Looms: Jacquard’s Code

Long before Silicon Valley, a different kind of code was being written—not in silicon, but in cardboard and thread. The…

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The Forger’s Bane: Stylometry’s Secret Formula

Stylometry is the statistical analysis of literary style, a fascinating field that uncovers a writer's unique "fingerprint" hidden within their…

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Null Ciphers: The Message in the Noise

A null cipher is a clever form of steganography where a secret is hidden within an ordinary-looking text. Instead of…

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The Language of Icons: A Global Code

The male/female silhouette on a bathroom door and the Wi-Fi symbol on a café window are part of a global,…

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The Cold War’s Translation Engine

The powerful translation tools we use daily weren't born from a desire to share poetry, but from the urgent need…

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The Forest’s ‘Web’: Fungal Communication

Beneath the quiet solitude of the forest floor lies a bustling network of communication, a 'wood wide web' of fungi…

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The Death of the Latin Passive

Latin once expressed complex passive ideas with a single word, like amor for "I am loved". This post explores how…

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Mozarabic: The Lost Romance Tongue

Journey back to medieval Spain to uncover the story of Mozarabic, the lost Romance language of Christians living under Muslim…

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Papiamento: The Caribbean Creole

Journey to the ABC islands to discover Papiamento, the unique Creole language that sings with the rhythms of its history.…

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The Word Inside a Word: Infixation

We all know about prefixes and suffixes, but what about the "word inside a word"? This fascinating linguistic process, called…

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