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Punctuation's Weird Backstory - There was a time when written words were all scrunched together without any spaces or symbols to help the reader make sense of it. How did we get from that to thisโ€ฝ

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Otherwords digs deep into this quintessential human trait of language and finds the fascinating, thought-provoking, and funny stories behind the words and sounds we take for granted. Incorporating the fields of biology, history, cultural studies, literature and more, linguistics has something for everyone and offers a unique perspective into what it means to be human.