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Etymologies of Endonyms and Exonyms
Endonyms are the names countries call themselves in their own language(s), while exonyms are the names foreign languages call them. Often these are clearly related (like English "Brazil" and Portuguese "Brasil"). Other times they are clearly unrelated, li
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Austronesian words for 'two'
The Austronesian language family is absolutely vast, including over 1200 languages; for comparison Europe has only around 200, and the whole Indo-European family adds up to around 450. I've only included 32 selected languages here, and for simplicity I've
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Indo-European Words for Ten
Click the image to open it in HD. This image shows the many cousins of the English word "ten". Around the outside are 64 living Indo-European languages and their words for 10. Within are the words for "ten" in historic languages, going back all the way to
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How your body almost makes Vitamin C (and why it fails)
A quick summary of the evolutionary mistake that means you need to eat oranges, but almost every other animal doesn't. Biochemistry is an incredibly complex and awkward subject, mainly because of the sheer quantity of biochemicals there are. Countless dif
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How 'guacamole' is related to 'avocado' and 'mole'
The words 'avocado', 'guacamole', and 'mole' (the Mexican sauce) all come to use from Classical Nahuatl, the language of the Aztec Empire, via Spanish. The word 'avocado' actually has quite a complex etymology, so let's start with that: Avocado The earlie
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