I was easy to locate because the term "Had" for the game "Tag" puts my childhood very precisely in Worthing, England, right by Brighton in this map. But it also knows I spent two years in Essex. The NYT's British-Irish dialect quiz is a sharp application of science. The U.S. version was published a while back.
Dialect quiz tracks down where you grew up
A 1278 court record may hold the first written F-word
An entry in the Close Rolls of Edward I's chancery for April 26, 1278, records that one John le Fucker of Tythinge, imprisoned at Peterborough for the deaths of Walter… READ THE REST
Deaf kids in 1980s Nicaragua created a language from thin air
In 1977, a special-education center opened in Managua with 50 deaf children. Enrollment reached 400 across two schools by 1983. Teachers drilled the students in spoken Spanish and lipreading, "with… READ THE REST
Old English word of the day
The Old English Wordhord unlocks one medieval word a day, pairing each term with its definition, pronunciation and, often, a manuscript illustration. The site's creator (or should it be wordwyrm?)… READ THE REST
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Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Get a Babbel lifetime subscription covering all 14 languages for $159 (reg. $299) with code LEARN. Plenty of… READ THE REST
This $40 AI tool writes, formats, and covers your next ebook
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: EbookMagic uses AI to generate, format, and package ebooks with custom covers, Kindle-ready exports, commercial rights, and… READ THE REST
Copilot, BitLocker, and Hyper-V for under $10? Meet this Windows 11 Pro deal
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Get a lifetime license to Microsoft Windows 11 Pro for $9.97 (reg. $199), no coupon code needed. A… READ THE REST
