Section 02

Notes from Somantasia

The written pieces; decipherment, mistranslation, and the claims people make about language and thought.

Sapir-Whorf, carefully

What survives of linguistic relativity once the snow vocabulary is gone.

Two blues — голубой and синий

The standing example, on the Russian page. Planned.

Cuneiform, and the men who guessed

A decipherment narrative. Planned.

Hieroglyphs before the stone

Pairs with the cuneiform piece. Planned.

Biblical mistranslation

An essay track; cross-links to the Hebrew and Biblical Greek pages. Planned.

Gender-inclusive Hebrew reform

Linked from the Hebrew page. Planned.