Unskimmable orz

7Feb2005 Filed under: Linkage

I had to read this twice in a row it was so facinating: Boing Boing: All about Orz. Watching word/phrase coinage is enthralling.

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leblanc
February 10th, 2005 at 9:38 am

very interesting. the way that some languages evolve are so different than others. i love how kanji and other character driven languages have such specific symbolic meanings for each element of the image or character. this one is great! have you checked out http://www.etymonline.com/ ? totally awesome

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