People Worldwide Instinctively Link Nonsense Sounds to Shapes They've Never Seen
Across 25 languages and 10 different writing systems, about 72 percent of people associate the nonsense word "bouba" with a round, blobby…
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Shakespeare invented over one thousand words
Shakespeare created or first recorded use of over 1,700 words that are now standard English vocabulary. His linguistic innovation shaped…
Tennis scoring uses 'love' which means zero
In tennis, zero is called 'love,' deriving from French 'l'œuf' (the egg) which resembles the numeral zero.
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