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Many outsiders think that modern Chinese remains a purely pictographic language, similar to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. While it is true that Chinese script began as a pictographic system, pictures do not make for a particular efficient writing system. Some pictograms do still exist (e.g., ? ‘mountain’, ? ‘person’), but 90% of modern Chinese [...]
Colors with seemingly incomprehensible names actually tell fascinating and humorous stories, at least to those who are willing to delve beneath the surface. Join me on a strange and wonderful adventure into the uncharted fringes of language, where we’ll discover new “shades of meaning.”
The chilly blue color called brrrrrrr refers to the “Official State [...]
Colors with seemingly incomprehensible names actually tell fascinating and humorous stories, at least to those who are willing to delve beneath the surface. Join me on a strange and wonderful adventure into the uncharted fringes of language, where we’ll discover new “shades of meaning.”
The chilly blue color called brrrrrrr refers to the “Official State [...]
I’ll tell you a secret—
I can read words of one letter! Isn’t that grand? —The White Queen to Alice in Through the Looking Glass.
When the White Queen of Looking Glass fame bragged that she could read words of one letter, she beseeched Alice not to be discouraged, promising “You’ll come to it in [...]
I’ll tell you a secret—I can read words of one letter! Isn’t that grand? —The White Queen to Alice in Through the Looking Glass.
When the White Queen of Looking Glass fame bragged that she could read words of one letter, she beseeched Alice not to be discouraged, promising “You’ll come to it in [...]
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Yaroslav Rassadin is re-imagining a 120 year old traditional handicraft from Russia, the matryoshka.
The Matryoshka, or Russian nesting dolls, date back to 1890. Traditionally hand painted with ornate detailing and a dynamic range of colors, Rassadin’s take on the classic Russian nesting dolls was inspired by a combination of the “Pantone matching system and [...]
It has been said that eyes are the window into the soul. If that is true, then eye colors are the soul’s curtains, a decorative adornment that frames your view of the main event. Human eye color is determined by a number of factors, including the pigment of melanin within the iris, as well as [...]
An astonishing number of different cultures use fireworks in their celebrations of revolution, love and the passing of time. They may be used for many different types of celebrations within each culture, but the energy of color and sound carry a universal experience.
While, as you may all know, 12th century China first created fireworks [...]
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