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Language speed, bear-cub barbecue instructions, and the research trails they opened.
Why some languages sound faster—and how information density changes the answer.
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While in Mexico recently, we got the impression Spanish speakers around us were conversing much more rapidly than we, or the other Americans in our group, speak English. Just our imaginations? Or do Spanish speakers…
This morning we received an email from Google with the following title: "Google AdWords Policy Update - Weapons policy restriction." The email, from the "Google AdWords Team," announces a new policy starting in…
Last week we ran across a prostrate 'possum, just a baby, in the back year. We did some online research and learned that if it failed to wake up and run off overnight, we should drop it off…
