Ruin a book by adding a word The Amazon Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

-chun is the reflex of Old Norse tjǫrn, cognate with English tarn

Like something from the liminal spaces account

The Äskekärr ship was discovered near Gothenburg (Sweden) in the 1930s, dating to the tenth century CE. Over its 60-70 year working life it had probably operated as a cargo vessel (knarr) over the North and Baltic Seas It is the only longship with a runic inscription: ‘feoh’ (‘cattle / wealth’)

Obligatory linguistic note: got rhymes with boat

Unan

Today (October 9) is Hangul Day 한글날 in South Korea. One of only a very few official holidays that celebrate a writing system! To mark the day, I'm reposting a thread that originally appeared in April, 2024 over on the other site. I've made minimal edits, so apologies for any outdated references!

it's surprisingly hard to explain to a 4yo why something going from hot to warm isn't "getting warmer"