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You’re never bored when you are a linguist
Why do we call computer cookies “cookies”? What’s up with pronunciations like “warsh,” “bolth” and “aig”? How come we have the noun “stick-to-itiveness” but no adjective “stick-to-itive”? You’re never bored when you are a linguist. And that’s never more true … Continue reading
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