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Paralipsis is the ancient rhetorical art of emphasizing a subject by significantly pretending to pass over it—exemplified by phrases like,…
English is the undisputed lingua franca of the European Union, but without the UK to police the grammar, it is…
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Explore the bizarre history of *Incubus* (1966), the horror cult classic starring William Shatner that was filmed entirely in Esperanto.…
Discover the "Short U" (Ў), a unique Cyrillic character found exclusively in the Belarusian alphabet. We explore the linguistics behind…
While we casually use words like 'Avatar' and 'Karma' in daily English, their journey from the ancient Vedas involves a…
The Ablative Absolute is Latin's ultimate "zip file", allowing complex context into just two grammatically disconnected words. While this construction…
While most people know the word "curry" hails from India, few realize that everyday English words like "mango", "catamaran", and…
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