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High ResolutionChineasy - Where characters are revealed
“A visual-based learning system which teaches Chinese characters, simple stories & phrases. Our aim is to bring down The Great Wall of Chinese language.”
Beautiful.
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(Source: other-wordly, via whiskeysoaked)
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I NEVER KNEW THIS
I NEVER KNEW THAT WAS WHAT AMERICANS MEANT WHEN THEY SAID “QUITE”
WHY DIDN’T ANYBODY TELL ME
SUDDENLY THAT ONE SONG THAT GOES “HELLO I MISS YOU QUITE TERRIBLY” MAKES LIKE A MILLION TIMES MORE SENSE
are you serious british people
i feel like this means i’ve been overestimating your enthusiasm about things for my entire life
Most valuable thing I learned in England tbh
Damn it.
(Source: tigerfeel)
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High ResolutionEnglish Is Not Easy by Luci Gutiérrez
Wonderfully illustrated guide to the English language.
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High ResolutionIf you’re a lover of words and visuals, you must check out this series of obscure words by The Project Twins. I love all these words, especially Scripturient, which is defined as possessing a violent desire to write (a condition I’ve been struggling with lately).
Take a look at all of them at the link.
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"Arigata-meiwaku (Japanese): An act someone does for you that you didn’t want to have them do and tried to avoid having them do, but they went ahead anyway, determined to do you a favor, and then things went wrong and caused you a lot of trouble, yet in the end social conventions required you to express gratitude"
-25 Handy Words That Simply Don’t Exist In English
All great but this one is particularly wonderful in its specificity.
(via murmurandshout)
(via teaforonesvp)
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"The only valid form of any sort of censorship of ideas in art is the right of people not to listen."
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Ed Rondthaler on English spelling (by Bob Smartner, via House Industries)
“If you think that’s crazy, just remember that English spelling from A to Z is D-U-M-B DUMB.”
LOVE THIS. Thanks to Ben for sharing.
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The Opinionator on the picture of language. Sentence diagrams were invented by S.W. Clark over 165 years ago.
Man, remember when we had to diagram sentences in grade school? Do they still do this?
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"The word within a word, unable to speak a word,
Swaddled with darkness."- T. S. Eliot, from “Gerontion” (1920)(Source: seabois, via lecoeurentrevosdents)
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High ResolutionLondon Alphabet, 1850s | Retronaut
So charming.
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swissmiss | Mathematical Translations
Haha, this takes geekery to a whole new level.
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(via poppystyleshop)
Favorite Things
Twenty-something.
Atlanta.
Hedonist.
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