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Online journalism confuses me. This article has a publication date of today. But I swear I read this exact article a while back. Was it merely re-published to m
by jb1991 6y ago
Online journalism confuses me. This article has a publication date of today. But I swear I read this exact article a while back. Was it merely re-published to make it look current?
Update, sure enough, it was previously published at least 1.5 years ago: http://nautil.us/blog/the-english-word-that-hasnt-changed-in-sound-or-meaning-in-8000-years http://nautil.us/blog/the-english-word-that-hasnt-changed-in...
- yorwba 6y agoAnd it was discussed back then, complete with complaining about the various inaccuracies of the article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19900346 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19900346
- sorokod 6y agoFun fact, the following are cognate and share a PIE uncestor: Yard, Garden, Garten(german), Gorod(russian), Ogorod (russian)
- s_gourichon 6y agoJardin (French)
- dang 6y agoNautilus does that, unfortunately.