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Not the way it sounds

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Spelling reform

Written and spoken languages are different.  Should they be made more similar?

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Language technology

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Materials for learning

We notice that some things have gotten much easier with advances in technology.

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The last little bit

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No improvement yet?

Sometimes you make no progress until everything’s done.

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Black hole ironies

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Bright and dark, near and far

We point out some astronomical ironies.

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On orbits

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Curves in space

Things are different out there.

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Inscribed by hand (II)

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The technology of writing

Sometimes everything changed, sometimes it didn’t.

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Inscribed by hand (I)

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Is handwriting necessary?

Handwritten English is much less important than it was.  But handwriting is not.

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More of the story

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Help from an old textbook

Knowing just a little more is sometimes helpful.

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Archives and old software

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Looking again

We find ourselves agreeing with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

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It’s quiet

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Noticing what’s not there

Much has changed.  It won’t stay that way.

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