We live in a world of initials. Stores, organizations, destinations that used to be recognized by a full name today are better known by their initials.

Translating to “Clear and Fast,” Lin began designing the MingKwai sometime during the 1940s. Instead of trying to overlay Cangje onto English buttons, his 72-key invention transformed sequential ...

There’s a reason spelling bees are only common in English-speaking countries: English spelling is absurd. Even the most ...

Sande Milton makes his Crossword solo debut in The New York Times ... clue-encer?). 20D. Phonetic letter spellings are funny — we went to the trouble of creating an alphabet of single letters ...

“All my reservations about being in the United States dissolved when I got to New York, when I saw that ebullience and started ... The meanings embedded in the Mayan alphabet, which was largely ...

And Ceti's researchers say they, too, have used AI to decode a "sperm whale phonetic alphabet ... We're at base camp. This is a new place for humans to be – just give us a few years.

Launched by The New York Times last summer ... "Victor," and "Yankee" under the category "NATO Phonetic Alphabet." Each of the four categories is labeled with a color, which also signifies ...

The researchers identified something of a “sperm whale phonetic alphabet,” where various elements that researchers ... distinguished professor of biology at the City University of New York. Today, ...

Scientists have examined thousands of hours of sperm whale calls — bursts of clicks known as codas — and discovered a kind of phonetic alphabet ... University of New York, told The Associated ...

A new analysis of years of vocalisations by ... exhibiting a complex internal structure replete with a "phonetic alphabet." The researchers identified similarities to aspects of other animal ...

While they still don't know, they now think there are sets of clicks they believe make up a “phonetic alphabet ... at the City University of New York, said sperm whales seem to have ...