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The Secret Code of Scribes

Before the printing press, scribes used a secret code of symbols and shortcuts to write faster and save precious parchment.…

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The Press That Froze Language

The invention of the printing press was a revolution not just for knowledge, but for language itself. Before Gutenberg, language…

3 weeks ago

From Chisel to Stylus: How the Tools of Writing Forged Our Alphabets

Have you ever wondered why an 'A' looks the way it does? The answer lies not in linguistics, but in…

3 weeks ago

From Quills to Keyboards: The Evolution of English Writing

Our story begins in a time much different from our own; a period when English writing was a privilege of…

2 years ago

Why Are Many English Words Spelled Differently Than They Are Pronounced?

English is a peculiar language in many ways, and one of its most baffling features is the inconsistency between pronunciation…

2 years ago

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