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Jun
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oh amazon, how do you always manage to solve my problems?

oh amazon, how do you always manage to solve my problems?

Tags: language funny
Mar
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UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
Pictured: the languages in the world that have less than 10 living speakers.

UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger

Pictured: the languages in the world that have less than 10 living speakers.

Tags: language
Oct
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Indeed, for any n ≥ 1, the sentence buffalo^n is grammatically correct
Tags: language
Sep
2nd
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The Pop vs Soda Map
I love how some of my family in Boston say “tonic”.

The Pop vs Soda Map

I love how some of my family in Boston say “tonic”.

Aug
25th
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Undeciphered scripts of the world
Interesting fact - the easter island script may be only the 3rd independent invention of writing across all cultures (others being sumerian/egyptian/chinese and the americas)

Undeciphered scripts of the world

Interesting fact - the easter island script may be only the 3rd independent invention of writing across all cultures (others being sumerian/egyptian/chinese and the americas)

Tags: language
Aug
5th
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Very long names of places

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in Wales

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu in New Zealand

Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Massachusetts

The longest official geographical name in Australia is Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya Hill. It is a Pitjantjatjara word meaning “where the Devil urinates”.

More at wikipedia

Tags: language
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