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Disaster carries an old astrological idea, quarantine carries forty days and robot carries forced labour. Ordinary words are small fossils of belief and history.

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Everyday words carry old worlds inside them: 'disaster' hides a bad star, 'quarantine' forty days, 'robot' forced labour — language as a museum you speak without noticing.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Disaster eski bir astrolojik fikri, quarantine kırk günü, robot ise zorla çalışmayı taşır. Sıradan sözcükler inanç ve tarihin küçük fosilleridir.
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Gündelik sözcükler içlerinde eski dünyalar taşır: 'Disaster' kötü bir yıldızı, 'quarantine' kırk günü, 'robot' zorla çalıştırmayı saklar — farkında olmadan konuştuğun bir müze olarak dil.

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S06 Merriam-Webster Disaster; S28 Merriam-Webster Quarantine; S29 Merriam-Webster Robot

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