by Beat Schindler | Jan 7, 2025 | Words, You
The Red Cross was founded 161 years ago by Henry Dunant and Gustave Moynier with a little help from their friends. When they founded the Red Cross, Henry Dunant and Gustave Moynier knew more about aiding word-users in need regardless of their nationality, race, or...
by Beat Schindler | Jan 7, 2025 | Words, You
Charles Darwin, born 215 years ago, died 142 years ago, didn’t believe the most successful lie ever told, according to which the past is in a book. Instead of that he decided to find out what happened in the past by himself. Aged 22 he embarked on a five-year voyage...
by Beat Schindler | Oct 9, 2024 | Words, You
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”, said William Shakespeare some 430 years ago. Now, 430 years later, so it is with words. A word by any other word is a word. No matter what you call it, if you have aword for it, it’s a word. WORDS You are either...
by Beat Schindler | Oct 9, 2024 | Words, You
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”, said William Shakespeare some 430 years ago. Now, 430 years later, so it is with words. A word by any other word is a word. No matter what you call it, if you have aword for it, it’s a word. WORDS You are either...
by Beat Schindler | Sep 23, 2024 | Words, You
James Frederick Ferrier (born 216 years ago / died 160 years ago) was a Scottish word-user, writer, lawyer, and university professor. His wife Margaret Anne Wilson wrote under the pseudonym Christopher North. At a time when the word-user population of 1 billion...
by Beat Schindler | Sep 18, 2024 | Words, You
Adonai Ahura Mazda Akal Purakh Allah Amaterasu Amun Apollo Athena Brahman Bunjil Devi Divine El Shaddai Elohim Emperor Father Freyja God Hashem Hera Isis Jade Jehovah Juno Jupiter Kami Krishna Lord Mars Ngai Odin Olodumare Osiris Ra Rama Re Satnam Shiva Spirit Tao...
