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Pictorial books from Mexico defy our definition of writing – Ñuu Dzaui pictography
The Mixtec script looks like pictures. It’s a writing system. How does it work? What happened to it? Here’s what makes their glyphs unique, even how their usefulness outlasted colonization. Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_… Check my sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e… Group to … Continue reading
Will Algorithmic Self-Censorship Unalive Language? | Otherwords
TikTok users are altering their speech to evade algorithmic filters–but will this harm language in the long run? Otherwords is a PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this quintessential human trait of language and finds the fascinating, … Continue reading
Allusionist 211. Four Letter Words: -gate — The Allusionist
MP3 • APPLE PODCASTS • RSS • GOOGLE • TRANSCRIPT The other day was the 53rd anniversary of the break-in at the Watergate Hotel, which not only caused a lot of political uproar, it had a big linguistic legacy: the … Continue reading
