Now, I’m a bit of a nerd and also a geek (I’m told there is a discernable difference). As such, I spend a lot of time hanging around in the corners of the internet where the spelling and grammar employed would be sufficient to make one’s eyes bleed. In these online dens of linguistic depravity, [...]
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A really splendid word to say. Coming from German, zugzwang (pronounced as you’d imagine it to be) means ‘compulsion to move’. It’s formed by the words zug (move) and zwang (compulsion or obligation). The Germans really do have a lot of words with Z in – playing Scrabble there must be really easy. Assuming you [...] |
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