How a Phoneme is Born
Language sounds are always in flux, but where do new ones come from? This article explores the fascinating linguistic process of phonemic split, where predictable variations of a single sound…
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The Alphabet That Failed
In the 1960s, a radical new alphabet for English was born, bankrolled by the will of playwright George Bernard Shaw. Designed to be perfectly logical and efficient, the Shavian alphabet…