Monday, August 15, 2022

food for thought {august 15, 2022}

 


This hit home in a couple ways. Lots on my mind lately and when I go to bed, my brain starts thinking about stuff. When that happens, I've focused on breathing exercises to help the brain and body relax.

Also, this shows once again the idiosyncrasies of the English language. English spelling is undeniably chaotic. There’s an exception to almost every rule, 26 letters have to do the job of around 44 phonemes, and ‘English’ is less its own language than a strange combination and mixtures of myriad other languages both ancient and modern. The linguistic fingerprints of thousands of people can be found everywhere in our system of spelling. So no wonder people often think of it as being, well, weird.

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