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Trivia 052: &

Posted on2023-01-06Leave a comment

Ever since I was young, I have been a voracious reader. That is partially why I have so much trivia to share with this newsletter. But I got my start like pretty much every other English reader – by learning the alphabet. The alphabet is one of those ubiquitous things we take for granted. Sure, Read More …

CategoriesTriviaTagsEnglish, etymology, language, newsletter, trivia

Trivia 042: Jedi for Jesus

Posted on2022-10-28Leave a comment

Before we begin with this week’s trivia, I must say that I am very disappointed in all of you. Not a single person turned in their homework assignment! At the end of last week’s post, I mentioned that you should try to create a pangram of your own, but I didn’t get any submissions. For Read More …

CategoriesTriviaTagsChinese, English, language, media, movies, newsletter, science fiction, translation, trivia

Trivia 041: Foxes vs Sphinxes

Posted on2022-10-21Leave a comment

In the last trivia post I made, I discussed lipograms, writing something that does not contain a specific letter (or letters). Fans of etymology will note that the word “lipogram” contains the Greek (via PIE) roots for “to leave” and “letter”. Well then, how about the opposite? If we had all the letters, that would Read More …

CategoriesTriviaTagsEnglish, language, newsletter, trivia

Trivia 040: The most common letter

Posted on2022-10-21Leave a comment

Hello, yes, it’s me again. I know, I know, I missed last week’s newsletter (don’t worry, you’ll get an extra later). Sometimes it’s difficult to pick a topic to write about for one of these, and so I delay a bit. After all, I know that the real reason you read these is for my Read More …

CategoriesTriviaTagsBook Review, English, language, literature, newsletter, trivia

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