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Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary, a Victorian era crowdsourcing project
Salon via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAntiquarian copies of The New English Dictionary Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images...
Fact Check: The Word 'Gauze' Sounds Similar to 'Gaza.' Linguists Say That's Probably No Accident
Snopes via Yahoo News· 5 months agoGetty Images Claim: The word "gauze," woven fabric used for medical purposes, originated from Gaza,...
It’s Esperanto Day, Celebrating the Language Hitler Despised
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrank Perry/AFP via GettyIn the late 1800s, the city of Białystok—which was once Polish, then...