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The Role of the “Groove” 卯 Character in Chinese Writing: 69 characters and 22 definitions
by Jennifer Ball and Xu Chao Using a Hanzi substructure-search engine designed by Xu Chao and Jennifer Ball Nov. 11, 2018 Thanks to Chinese…
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Are Jiahu Symbols Writing? Probably
In Chinese, a common type of sentence is four characters; this four-character sentence is known as a “chengyu” 成语. A chengyu is not dissimilar…
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Hair as a Medium for Communication
One’s hairstyle projects one’s status. Female hair telegraphs availability. Certain styles indicate “not yet: this wearer is too young to bear children.” Early communication was often about a female’s ability to carry offspring.
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The shape of the letter “V” means “female” in three different cultures and times
The shape of the letter “V” means “female” in three different cultures and times: Discovered by Denise Schmandt-Besserat, this first character is a Neolithic…
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Could Mayan Flowers Really Be Vaginas?
Is this first character really a Water Lily? Especially considering the package this jaguar is sporting? (See reddened circles.) The bisymmetry of the “u…
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More evidence that the “V” shape means “female”— this time in Linear B (circa 1,450 BC)
Script depictions are from a no-longer functional website, but you can find equivalent source material here: https://linearbknossosmycenae.com/2014/04/26/linear-b-ideograms-level-5-0-advanced-ideograms-formed-by-combinations-of-syllabograms/ The vagina is the most consistently represented…
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Sumerian symbols for animals depict their genitals
The complementary relationship between female and male animal signs in cuneiform suggests that these signs are not arbitrary. The authors of Archaic Bookkeeping did…
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“V” has meant “female” for 6,400 years
The top character means “female sheep/ewe.” This marking and the examples below are taken from Before Writing Vol. I (©1992) by Denise Schmandt-Besserat, page 143. The complex…
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Breasts, Vaginas, and Tools: Musings on the roots of our alphabet
If you want to describe something to someone, but neither of you speak the same language, drawing a picture is the simplest way to…
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Maggie Li’s Speech: When Socrates Meets Confucius
Maggie Li, whose real name is pronounced “Lee Chee” (Li Qi is the pinyin) is a friend and student of mine who came in…
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Female substructures (乃，丫，丑，母，etc.) in Chinese script
Females in Chinese Script by Jennifer Ball © February 16, 2011 Why is “Y” at the end of our alphabet? Because the shape of…
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Vaginas depicted in Sumerian: a database with commentary
This is the Sumerian word for “woman,” rotated 90° clockwise. During the development of their writing, the Sumerians rotated everything counter-clockwise by 90° for…
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I aspire to Esperanto, especially if breasts are mamoj…
Breasts are “mamoj” in Esperanto as in “mammaries”? Milk is “lakto” in Esperanto as in “lactose”? Tits are “paroj” in Esperanto as in “pair”?…
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Men’s taste in women hasn’t changed much
05/18/2012 / Jennifer Ball / No Comments Avatar, 2010, is seen to the left. Hathor, the cow-woman goddess, circa 500 B.C., is seen…
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Argument for a Structural Analysis of Chinese Characters
㧕 to feel or touch with hands; to hold, to lay the hand on, to cover jiu4 liu3 yu2 (lau5) 捫 lay hands on;…
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“Slave Girl” in Chinese and “female” in Sumerian are oddly alike
丫= “slave girl” in Chinese = “woman” in Sumerian This similarity should make you think about the alphabet’s letter Y. It starts words…
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Why does “uncle” in Hebrew look like “TIT”?
Why does דוד mean “uncle, beloved” in Hebrew? Is this an amazing coincidence to TIT or are humans simple? I’m going with simple. The…
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Why is “woman”女 in the character for “Japanese”倭? Is this an insult?
Mandarin I Berkeley Extension Class 8 Nov. 1, 2011 425 Market Street San Francisco, CA Professor: Virginia Mau Homework for next class 11/8: Lesson…
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“Seed” in Sumerian
Based on this character for “seed,” do you think the Sumerians understood sex? Note that the Akkadian word for “seed” is “zeru,”…
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Music, the ultimate narcotic, lulls one to sleep (along with milk)
05/27/2011 / Jennifer Ball / No Comments Musician “Nar” is the Sumerian word for “musician” 643 times, yet this character looks like a female…
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“Lady Gaga” meant “wet nurse” in Sumerian
Lady Gaga vs. Emegagu Emegagu is the Sumerian word for “wet nurse.” It translates as “female with milk,” but it sounds like the name…
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Breasts vs. Testes: which primate has the largest? Jared Diamond knows
“Asymmetric adultery laws…genital mutilation of women: these behaviors are unique to the human species, defining humanity as does the invention of the alphabet.” —…
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