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Ovidiu Neatu
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From the chapter on slang:
"NATO" (anagram for "no action, talk only" used by collage girls talking of their dates)
— Sep 07, 2026 02:28PM
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"NATO" (anagram for "no action, talk only" used by collage girls talking of their dates)
Ovidiu Neatu
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"The earliest Greek, appearing in Homeric times, has an arrangement called boustrophedon, or 'as the ox plows': left to right, then, for the next line, right to left, then left to right again. Why this system, so restful for the eye, was not adopted is one of the unresolved mysteries of language"
— Aug 29, 2026 01:10PM
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"The earliest Greek, appearing in Homeric times, has an arrangement called boustrophedon, or 'as the ox plows': left to right, then, for the next line, right to left, then left to right again. Why this system, so restful for the eye, was not adopted is one of the unresolved mysteries of language"
