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Who created the alphabet? A historian describes the millennia-long story of the ABCs
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCreating the alphabet took thousands of years. kovalchuk/iStock via Getty Images Plus Curious Kids...
The letter X: Marks the spot
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe alphabet’s wayward child The letter “X,” the 24th letter of the English alphabet, is something of a rebel. Read more A marker of the mysterious, the...
English speakers, here’s how to pronounce ‘Qatar’
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe pronunciation of “Qatar” is a no-brainer for Arabic speakers and speakers of similar languages. But it’s one tricky letter after another for English...
X marks the unknown in algebra – but X's origins are a math mystery
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe use of the letter x as a mathematical unknown is a relatively modern convention. Algebra has...
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript
Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoAlphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript January 30, 2024 Alphabet Inc. beats...
Kiswahili: how a standard version of the east African language was formed – and spread across the...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJasmin Merdan/Getty ImagesKiswahili originated in east Africa, spreading around the continent and...
The 25 best YouTube videos for kids (June 2024)
Digital Trends via Yahoo News· 5 days agoRyan's World / YouTube screenshot Every parent of young kids needs a break from time to time, whether it’s to get a load of dishes done, make a phone...
This Stock Is the Cheapest of the "Magnificent Seven" -- Should It Be Your Top Buy?
Motley Fool via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoThe S&P 500 has soared from its bear market low 16 months ago, and earlier this year, the index...
After tragedy, US Air Force probes English training for foreign pilots
Air Force Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — Two years after a Japanese air force pilot and his American...
Why we can read Finnish without understanding it – a look at ‘transparent’ languages
The Conversation en Español via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agonito/Shutterstock Picture this: you find yourself in a Helsinki karaoke bar one night, and someone...
