A 5,000 Year History of Punctuation: Interview with Florence Hazrat
Aug 30, 2026 - 01:03:04
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Episode 107: World
In Old English, the word "world", or weorold , did not refer to a place. It was a compound word comprising wer , meaing "man", and ald , meaning "age". "World" literally meant "the age of man", and in many of its earlies...
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