Tag: language
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Deaf People Teach Us How To Swear In Sign Language, And It’s Hilarious
Just in case you didn’t know, deaf people like to swear like the rest of us. Only difference is, they do it in sign language! To prove how much they like to swear, the channel Cut posted a video where 7 deaf people show us how to say all of your favorite curse words in…
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Artist Uses Clever Illustrations To Show Us the Difference Between Homophones
On his blog called Homophones, Weakly, Bruce Worden uses minimalistic illustrations to help us understand the differences between homophones (each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling). Piece or Peace? Sail or Sale? Bare or Bear? Bruce's got an illustration to help you with that. Scroll down and comment…
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Artist Transforms Arabic Words To Illustrate What They Actually Mean
Fancy learning a new language? What about Arabic? Now you can learn it with ease with the help of artist Mahmoud Tammam who has created a series of illustrated Arabic words which show exactly what each word means in pictorial form. Tammam has manipulated the sloping curves and dots of the Arabic characters into the bodies of animals, pieces…
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Brilliant New Words We Should Add To A Dictionary
When languages evolve, it’s important that scholars and dictionaries keep up. The internet has spawned a new crop of words for stuff, and while you may not like all of them, some of them are really clever combos that seem like they might actually be useful! Many of these words come from urbandictionary.com, which is basically…