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Why Most People Can’t Keep Secrets & Interesting Oddities of Language

Something You Should Know

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The Evolution of Letters and Language Structure

This chapter explores the historical development of uppercase and lowercase letters, emphasizing their significance in European languages, particularly within the Proto-Indo-European family. It discusses the uniqueness of the English language's capitalization rules, grammatical gender, and the evolution of the Phoenician alphabet, while also comparing sentence structures across languages. The speakers delve into intriguing theories about the ordering of words and the influences of culture on language norms.

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