Articles Tagged with language

On names

Published on January 13, 2026January 11, 2026 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Oldest, least-understood

What does your name mean?

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Freestyle grammar

Published on December 2, 2025December 1, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Translating the rules

Sometimes you need to widen your thinking just a little.

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The synthesis project

Published on August 19, 2025August 17, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Doomed ideas (I)

We present something that almost certainly won’t happen.

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Talking like a sailor (II)

Published on April 8, 2025April 6, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The answers

A good sailor is never without a clew.

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Talking like a sailor

Published on April 1, 2025March 30, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

You already do!

We present a challenge on language leaks.

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Spoken or written

Published on March 11, 2025March 10, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Proper language

The two aspects sometimes sit uneasily together.

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Octopus arithmetic

Published on August 6, 2024August 5, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

How different could it get?

We ponder how to communicate with aliens.

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Prepositions and infinitives

Published on June 11, 2024June 10, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

A difficult translation

English is a very unusual language.

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Misnaming things

Published on May 14, 2024May 14, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The astronomer’s dictionary

Misleading terms make learning Astronomy harder.

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Distant Shakespeare

Published on April 23, 2024April 21, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Experiencing language change

We know it happens, but didn’t think it we’d see it in action.

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