~openculture | Bookmarks (4)
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Hear Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” Performed in Classical Latin
By the early nineteen-nineties, at least in the United States, Latin instruction in schools wasn’t what...
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How Being Bilingual Helps Your Brain (Even If You Learn a New Language in Adulthood)
There was a time in America, not so very long ago, when conventional wisdom discouraged immigrants...
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Can You Crack the Uncrackable Code in Kryptos, the CIA’s Work of Public Art?
It can be challenging to parse the meaning of many non-narrative artworks. Sometimes the title will...
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Hear the Dying Whistled Language of Laos, Featured in a New Short Film, “Birdsong”
Even by the standards of southeast Asia, Laos is a linguistically interesting place. As a former...