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In the early 20th century, Ludwig Sütterlin designed a unique handwriting script that became the standard in German schools, only…
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English is the undisputed lingua franca of the European Union, but without the UK to police the grammar, it is…
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Why do we say "feet" instead of "foots"? It isn't a random quirk of English grammar, but the result of…
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While modern English relies on the Latin alphabet, our language was originally written in the angular, 33-character runic system known…
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