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  1. Get away from that Beer can!

    Amateur metal detectorist discovers a long, thin, mysterious metal object. He realized he had uncovered one end of a bronze sword, which was sticking straight up from the ground.

    He marked the location of the sword with a beer can and contacted local officials.

    The sword measuring nearly two feet long, the sword dates to between roughly 900 and 700 B.C.E. smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ #MetalDetector #Artifact #BronzeSword #Sword #Bronze #Museum #Poland #History

  2. A quotation from Anthony Burgess

    Languages never stand still. Modern spelling crystallizes lost pronunciations: the visual never quite catches up with the aural.

    Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) English novelist
    A Mouthful of Air: Language, Languages … Especially English, ch. 21 “Sounds from the Past” (1992)

    More about this quote: wist.info/burgess-anthony/7114…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #burgess #anthonyburgess #artifact #evolution #language #linguistics #orthography #passageoftime #pronunciation #spelling #timelag