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

Later that night I fit the rest of the runes to music.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss