KSP Atlas

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Language dependent maths

Apparently ruffs (these things) were originally invented as a way to prevent clothing from getting dirty from food and such

Latin didn’t really disappear, it changed and split up

AFAIK the only place where latin is commonly used as the main language is Vatican City

Same with the polish word - oko

Not at that scale, they can do larger text fine but at a certain size it just breaks down

Wasn’t the “inuits have dozens of words for snow” thing kinda disproven? Afaik they only have like 5 or something, the reason people were saying there were so many is because Inuktitut, Greenlandic, etc are polysynthetic languages, meaning you can pack a LOT of information into one word (it’s possible to make complex one-word sentences for example). This does mean that there are a lot of words based off the root for snow, which is where people got the idea

What’s with people constantly down voting your comments for using þorn? Even if i disagree with the exact reason you use it it makes no sense to downvote over a letter

Most people doing the thorn thing aren’t doing it for attention

I’d know, I was in the community of thorn users and briefly participated at one point

They’re not mistakes, just different spelling conventions