runes
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How we put down our thoughts evolves, because that’s what a smart society does — after all, Egyptians don’t use hieroglyphics anymore, nor do Scandinavians use runes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
By 1900 it was apparently possible to find Viking-themed restaurants in Chicago whose menus were written in runes!
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2023
“Like the Russian pro-invasion Z, the infamous SS symbol used by the Nazi Schutzstaffel — two ancient runes that resemble lightning bolts—also stands for victory,” he wrote at the time.
From Washington Times ● May 20, 2023
While economists argue back and forth about the runes of April's U.S. consumer price report, the basic takeaway was headline inflation unexpectedly fell back below 5% for the first time in two years.
From Reuters ● May 11, 2023
There were certain runes on certain pages of the Lore-Book that seemed familiar to him, though he did not remember in what book he had ever seen them before.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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