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EU State of the Union address reading ease The European Union State of the Union address is a speech addressed by the President of the European Commission to the European Parliament plenary session in September each year. This political discourse reading ease, which evolves with the style of each president, can be compared from one year to the other, the most recent being Ursula von der Leyen’s on September, 13 2023. |
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International Auxiliary Languages and Wikipedia International Auxiliary Languages have found on Wikipedia a new space to expand their reach. If Esperanto and Volapük are the most used IAL, Ido, Interlingua, Interlingue, and Novial are also present in the picture. Let’s see their publication rate over the years to get a better feeling of their progression. |
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Lexicon evolution in Game of Thrones How many words are there in Dothraki, in High Valyrian, in Astapori Valyrian? One of the recurring questions about David J. Peterson’s constructed languages for Game of Thrones deals with the lexicon size of each of them. Let’s see the evolution of these lexicons season after season from a variety of sources. |
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English words coming from Australian Aboriginal languages When the first settlers arrived in Australia in 1788, they established themselves in the Sydney area where the Dharug language was spoken. Many Dharug words entered English around that time. Alongside the further expansion of the settlement, other languages were encountered, and other words borrowed. |
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Inuktitut: Hundred of names for snow There is a common belief that Eskimos have hundreds of words for snow. Repeating this idea over and over does not turn it into a fact. Let’s debunk it. |
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Petra, Jordan Located in the south east of actual Jordan, Petra is a mythical archaeological city, ancient capital of the Nabateans. Let us discover it magnificence and initiate ourselves to Arabic writing with the meaning of its most prestigious structures. |
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Babies named from Game of Thrones What’s behind a name? A projection of wishes and personality traits, which sometimes comes from modern mythology nourished by novels and TV shows. Let’s see in this article the influence of Martin’s Game of Thrones on names given to babies since 2010 in the United States of America. |
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Paul R. Frommer After a doctorate in linguistics at the University of Southern California in 1981, Paul Frommer worked for the industry before going back to teaching and directing at the Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles. He has also created two constructed languages for the movie industry: Na’vi for the movie Avatar, and Barsoomian for Walt Disney’s John Carter. |
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Sequoyah and the Cherokee syllabary Born around 1776 in Tuskeegee, in what is now Monroe County, Tennessee, Sequoyah designed the Cherokee syllabary to represent the sounds of the Cherokee language. It did not prevent it to be widely accepted and used by most Cherokees one year after its official adoption in 1825. Nowadays, his creation is still in use to write the language across new medias to embrace the evolution of society. |
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Babies named from Lord of the Rings What’s behind a name? A projection of wishes and personality traits, which sometimes comes from modern mythology nourished by novels and movies. Let’s see in this article the influence of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings on names given to babies from the seventies to 2014 in the United States of America. |