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Linguistics

On ro

Ro is a Swedish word that roughly translates to tranquility, peace, quiet, or calm. It also means row, as in rowing a boat. In linguistics, that’s an example of a homonym—words with the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings. Perhaps someday I’ll want to learn how
01 Mar 2023 2 min read
Linguistics

On tsundoku

I recently discovered tsundoku, a Japanese term for the practice of buying books with the intention of reading them, but then letting them pile up. Tsundoku: a Japanese term for the phenomenon of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them. So
10 Feb 2023 1 min read
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