An easily overlooked part of language revitalization has to do with the translation of religious texts used in order to bring indigenous people to Christianity. […]
Exle | New Unique Names
Etymology Old English: ead: wealth, prosperity English: castle Definition wealthy castle Commentary Like many words in the English language, the use of contraction makes these […]
The Welsh/Cornish Word “Awen”
In Cornish, it means “imagination,” “inspiration,” and “muse,” while in Welsh it means “poetic gift,” and “muse.” I came across this word in the Cornish […]
The Many Tongues Of Daniel Tammet | Hyperpolyglots’ Glots
Daniel Tammet is a savant with Asperger’s Syndrome, who is well-known for breaking the world record for reciting the largest digits of pi, and for […]
Detecting Stopwords With Python Linguistic Analysis
I’m new to Python, so consider this article a dip in the water.
Jack Roy | Name Changes
It’s time his name got a little respect
Leon Kengo wa Dondo | Name Changes
Leon Lubicz (1935-1971) He was born to a Polish Jewish father and a Rwandan Tutsi mother in the Belgian Congo–what would become the Democratic Republic […]
Abdulalim A. Shabazz | Name Changes
Lonnie Cross (1927-?) He was born in Bessemer, Alabama. He earned an A.B. in Math and a P.A. in Chemistry at Lincoln University. Then, he […]
Yusuf Lateef | Name Changes
For religious significance
Evan Hunter | Name Changes
Originally after the schools he attended–supposedly.