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It's time for a test. Can you figure out which of these ink blots is named Bouba and which one is named Kiki?

I'll give you some time to figure it out. OK. Time's up. Do you have your answer?

Well, 98% of people given this test (regardless …

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Here's a word I really love: kerfuffle. I don't know why I like it so much. Maybe because it sounds like something out of a Dr. Seuss book, but has a meaning that can be used in every-day discussions. The word, kerfuffle has an almost onomatopoeic quality to it which allows it to be wildly expressive. It's used more …

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[caption id="attachment_389" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Sator Square inscribed at the Herculaneum"][/caption] Words are basically names; they just name things or concepts instead of people. So I decided to created a new category, Namely Words, where from time-to-time I'll post on some words I love. I'll begin with the word palindrome, a long-time favorite of mine. A palindrome is a word or …

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Our English language is all about names. In fact one of the originating words for nouns, nomen, means names. We name this thing in our hands a book and it is full of pages. We give everything in our universe a name. And somehow it becomes its name. Think about it. How identified are you with your name? How many …

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