China lays claim to Austronesian languages
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Why is “February” spelled with two ⟨r⟩’s?
Why is “February” spelled with two ⟨r⟩’s even though most people only pronounce one of them?
Is the dictionary dead? Or merely changing?
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Libfixes: When word parts go rogue
What happens when parts of words declare independence
World’s oldest alphabet discovered
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