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The weird origin of "O.K."
Languages are messy. We want them to be logical, but more often than not they are anything but. A technical term can become an insult, a der...
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An old scholastic aphorism states that nihil volitum, nisi praecognitum , which in plain English means "nothing is willed unless it ...
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Consider the following phrases: Do you know what I mean? Whether you like it or not. Bizarre though it may seem. They all have the same ...
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So I'm about to wrap the whole thing up. The school year is almost over and I have the distinct feeling that I may not be returning to t...
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