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SELECT insights FROM linguistics
WHERE name IN ("[dʒɑn]", "𐰲𐰣", "Җан", "ᠵᠠᠨ", "ჯան", "Τζαν", "Ջան", "جان", "ཅན")
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WHERE name IN ("[dʒɑn]", "𐰲𐰣", "Җан", "ᠵᠠᠨ", "ჯան", "Τζαν", "Ջան", "جان", "ཅན")
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· Apr 5
'All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.'
Here's a comprehensive list of the processing words displayed by Claude Code CLI while it works on your requests: 🧵
Flibbertigibbeting, Puzzling, Wrangling, Envisioning, Generating, Marinating, Ruminating, Cerebrating, Coalescing, Mulling, Booping, Hatching, Vibing, Meandering, Moseying...
1/4
Flibbertigibbeting, Puzzling, Wrangling, Envisioning, Generating, Marinating, Ruminating, Cerebrating, Coalescing, Mulling, Booping, Hatching, Vibing, Meandering, Moseying...
1/4
February 4, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Here's a comprehensive list of the processing words displayed by Claude Code CLI while it works on your requests: 🧵
Flibbertigibbeting, Puzzling, Wrangling, Envisioning, Generating, Marinating, Ruminating, Cerebrating, Coalescing, Mulling, Booping, Hatching, Vibing, Meandering, Moseying...
1/4
Flibbertigibbeting, Puzzling, Wrangling, Envisioning, Generating, Marinating, Ruminating, Cerebrating, Coalescing, Mulling, Booping, Hatching, Vibing, Meandering, Moseying...
1/4
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This is a post about animal excrement and the English language.
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
February 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This is a post about animal excrement and the English language.
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
I’m very stoked to hear the new @puscifermusic.bsky.social album soon and see them live in Chicago in April. 🤘
Carina, Mat & Maynard discuss the new album, Normal Isn't (out this Friday) with @consequence.bsky.social - watch now
Puscifer Talk New Album Normal Isn't, Band's Evolution, and 2026 Tour
Puscifer's Maynard James Keenan, Carina Round, and Mat Mitchell discuss the new album Normal Isn't, their 2026 tour, and more in an interview with Consequence.
consequence.net
January 31, 2026 at 11:29 PM
I’m very stoked to hear the new @puscifermusic.bsky.social album soon and see them live in Chicago in April. 🤘
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Therapists: Turkic programming languages aren't real, they can't hurt you.
Turkic programming language:
Turkic programming language:
January 20, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Therapists: Turkic programming languages aren't real, they can't hurt you.
Turkic programming language:
Turkic programming language:
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Most Spanish words come from Latin, but did you know there are 2 different types?
Words inherited from spoken Latin vs. words borrowed from written Latin during the Middle Ages and after.
Some words took both routes, creating doublets.
Here’s episode 3 of my 10-part doublet series.
Next: Italian.
Words inherited from spoken Latin vs. words borrowed from written Latin during the Middle Ages and after.
Some words took both routes, creating doublets.
Here’s episode 3 of my 10-part doublet series.
Next: Italian.
December 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Most Spanish words come from Latin, but did you know there are 2 different types?
Words inherited from spoken Latin vs. words borrowed from written Latin during the Middle Ages and after.
Some words took both routes, creating doublets.
Here’s episode 3 of my 10-part doublet series.
Next: Italian.
Words inherited from spoken Latin vs. words borrowed from written Latin during the Middle Ages and after.
Some words took both routes, creating doublets.
Here’s episode 3 of my 10-part doublet series.
Next: Italian.
"Waluigi is the ultimate example of the individual shaped by the signifier. Waluigi is a man seen only in mirror images; lost in a hall of mirrors he is a reflection of a reflection of a reflection. You start with Mario – the wholesome all Italian plumbing superman, you reflect him to create Luigi.🧵
December 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
"Waluigi is the ultimate example of the individual shaped by the signifier. Waluigi is a man seen only in mirror images; lost in a hall of mirrors he is a reflection of a reflection of a reflection. You start with Mario – the wholesome all Italian plumbing superman, you reflect him to create Luigi.🧵
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when the word that you don’t know is desribed by three more words you don’t know
December 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
when the word that you don’t know is desribed by three more words you don’t know
A Gagauz folk song:
Oğlan oğlan kalk gidelim. Granitza'nın boyunda koyun güdelim. Ne güzel oğlan, yalabık çoban. Oğlanın evi sarı samandan. Ona yaklaşamıcam tozdan dumandan. Ne güzel oğlan, yalabık çoban. Oğlan oğlan, boynuma dolan. Şu elinlen saçından bana yap yorgan. Ne güzel oğlan, yalabık çoban.
Oğlan oğlan kalk gidelim. Granitza'nın boyunda koyun güdelim. Ne güzel oğlan, yalabık çoban. Oğlanın evi sarı samandan. Ona yaklaşamıcam tozdan dumandan. Ne güzel oğlan, yalabık çoban. Oğlan oğlan, boynuma dolan. Şu elinlen saçından bana yap yorgan. Ne güzel oğlan, yalabık çoban.
Altın Gün - Oğlan
YouTube video by Thara Ak-Var
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November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A Gagauz folk song:
Oğlan oğlan kalk gidelim. Granitza'nın boyunda koyun güdelim. Ne güzel oğlan, yalabık çoban. Oğlanın evi sarı samandan. Ona yaklaşamıcam tozdan dumandan. Ne güzel oğlan, yalabık çoban. Oğlan oğlan, boynuma dolan. Şu elinlen saçından bana yap yorgan. Ne güzel oğlan, yalabık çoban.
Oğlan oğlan kalk gidelim. Granitza'nın boyunda koyun güdelim. Ne güzel oğlan, yalabık çoban. Oğlanın evi sarı samandan. Ona yaklaşamıcam tozdan dumandan. Ne güzel oğlan, yalabık çoban. Oğlan oğlan, boynuma dolan. Şu elinlen saçından bana yap yorgan. Ne güzel oğlan, yalabık çoban.
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I love that /ɑ/ and /ɔ/ kind of rhyme for those who have undergone the cot–caught merger, such as Californian Zack de la Rocha
September 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I love that /ɑ/ and /ɔ/ kind of rhyme for those who have undergone the cot–caught merger, such as Californian Zack de la Rocha
In Taiwanese, @ is "little mouse" (小老鼠 (xiǎo lǎoshǔ). It's "dog" (собака/sobaka) in Russian, "strudel" (שְׁטְרוּדֶל/shtrúdel) in Hebrew, "monkey's tail" (apestaart) in Dutch, "duckling" (παπάκι/papaki) in Greek, and "snail" escargot in French. The @ sign is a mirror of history going back 1000's of years.
The 3,000-year-old story hidden in the @ sign
In Taiwan they call @ "little mouse". It's "strudel" in Hebrew, "dog" in Russian and "monkey's tail" in Dutch. The @ sign is a mirror, and its story goes back thousands of years.
bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In Taiwanese, @ is "little mouse" (小老鼠 (xiǎo lǎoshǔ). It's "dog" (собака/sobaka) in Russian, "strudel" (שְׁטְרוּדֶל/shtrúdel) in Hebrew, "monkey's tail" (apestaart) in Dutch, "duckling" (παπάκι/papaki) in Greek, and "snail" escargot in French. The @ sign is a mirror of history going back 1000's of years.
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Announcing the new ELP! 🎉 A redesigned online space to:
🌱 Strengthen language revitalization worldwide
🗣️ Share knowledge and stories
💡 Find learning resources, guidance, and ideas for your language work
🌏️ Connect across borders and boundaries
💬 All in 9 languages!
endangeredlanguages.com
🌱 Strengthen language revitalization worldwide
🗣️ Share knowledge and stories
💡 Find learning resources, guidance, and ideas for your language work
🌏️ Connect across borders and boundaries
💬 All in 9 languages!
endangeredlanguages.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Announcing the new ELP! 🎉 A redesigned online space to:
🌱 Strengthen language revitalization worldwide
🗣️ Share knowledge and stories
💡 Find learning resources, guidance, and ideas for your language work
🌏️ Connect across borders and boundaries
💬 All in 9 languages!
endangeredlanguages.com
🌱 Strengthen language revitalization worldwide
🗣️ Share knowledge and stories
💡 Find learning resources, guidance, and ideas for your language work
🌏️ Connect across borders and boundaries
💬 All in 9 languages!
endangeredlanguages.com
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We need a Star Trek episode about how the invention of the universal translator caused people to stop valuing actually learning languages, while they fatally overestimated the UT's accuracy and the resulting misunderstandings led to a massive war that tore the quadrant apart
August 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
We need a Star Trek episode about how the invention of the universal translator caused people to stop valuing actually learning languages, while they fatally overestimated the UT's accuracy and the resulting misunderstandings led to a massive war that tore the quadrant apart
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Channeling my best David Attenborough to introduce one of the many wonderful items in our #Treasured exhibition, currently running until 26 October in the ST Lee Gallery of the Weston Library in #Oxford. Come visit to see this manuscript and more!
Happy July 4th 😉!
Please enjoy this video on the Gregorian vs Julian calendar with Treasured curator @nikokontovas.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/shorts/R9ea-....
#JohnGreaves #CalendarReform
Please enjoy this video on the Gregorian vs Julian calendar with Treasured curator @nikokontovas.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/shorts/R9ea-....
#JohnGreaves #CalendarReform
Calendar lessons from Uzbekistan #history #astronomy #uzbekistan #oxford #science
YouTube video by Bodleian Libraries
www.youtube.com
July 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Channeling my best David Attenborough to introduce one of the many wonderful items in our #Treasured exhibition, currently running until 26 October in the ST Lee Gallery of the Weston Library in #Oxford. Come visit to see this manuscript and more!
📚 New read: Algospeak is the study of language evolution through content moderation algorithms. Great for anyone tinkering with linguistics & data. Re: lexical innovation through algorithmic rules, phonemic substitution patterns, and corpora analysis of viral propagation via a sociolinguistic lens.
Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language (Unabridged)
Languages · 2025
books.apple.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
📚 New read: Algospeak is the study of language evolution through content moderation algorithms. Great for anyone tinkering with linguistics & data. Re: lexical innovation through algorithmic rules, phonemic substitution patterns, and corpora analysis of viral propagation via a sociolinguistic lens.
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Old Uyghur word of the day
/sıŋ/ (< 層 céng) story, floor, level
as in Diam. Sutra, ed. Zieme, A₂ 1-2
/ulug varxar-nıŋ törtünč kat sıŋ-da-kı kalık ičintä/
"in the great monastery's fourth story, in the upper room"
/sıŋ/ in hendiadys with /kat/
/varxar/ from /vihāra/ by way of Sgd /βarxār/
/sıŋ/ (< 層 céng) story, floor, level
as in Diam. Sutra, ed. Zieme, A₂ 1-2
/ulug varxar-nıŋ törtünč kat sıŋ-da-kı kalık ičintä/
"in the great monastery's fourth story, in the upper room"
/sıŋ/ in hendiadys with /kat/
/varxar/ from /vihāra/ by way of Sgd /βarxār/
July 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Old Uyghur word of the day
/sıŋ/ (< 層 céng) story, floor, level
as in Diam. Sutra, ed. Zieme, A₂ 1-2
/ulug varxar-nıŋ törtünč kat sıŋ-da-kı kalık ičintä/
"in the great monastery's fourth story, in the upper room"
/sıŋ/ in hendiadys with /kat/
/varxar/ from /vihāra/ by way of Sgd /βarxār/
/sıŋ/ (< 層 céng) story, floor, level
as in Diam. Sutra, ed. Zieme, A₂ 1-2
/ulug varxar-nıŋ törtünč kat sıŋ-da-kı kalık ičintä/
"in the great monastery's fourth story, in the upper room"
/sıŋ/ in hendiadys with /kat/
/varxar/ from /vihāra/ by way of Sgd /βarxār/
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“kaçıncı” is a turkish word that doesn’t correlate to a word in english. i propose a new word “whichnth” (pronounced which-unth) for it. so instead of saying “how many times has this happened abi ya!” you say “whichnth is this abi ya!”. (“abi ya” is just an exclamation for frustration)
July 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“kaçıncı” is a turkish word that doesn’t correlate to a word in english. i propose a new word “whichnth” (pronounced which-unth) for it. so instead of saying “how many times has this happened abi ya!” you say “whichnth is this abi ya!”. (“abi ya” is just an exclamation for frustration)
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Helvetica, the most famous and undisputed king of typefaces, has most IPA characters? Since when???
July 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Helvetica, the most famous and undisputed king of typefaces, has most IPA characters? Since when???
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Today is Uyghur Language Day.
I once had the honour of talking with Uyghur language advocate Abduweli Ayup, who was imprisoned for his work by the Chinese government.
That’s here, from 37:36.
becauselanguage.com/101-talkin-c...
I once had the honour of talking with Uyghur language advocate Abduweli Ayup, who was imprisoned for his work by the Chinese government.
That’s here, from 37:36.
becauselanguage.com/101-talkin-c...
101: Talkin’ Chomsky (with Katie Martin and Abduweli Ayup) – Because Language
becauselanguage.com
June 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Today is Uyghur Language Day.
I once had the honour of talking with Uyghur language advocate Abduweli Ayup, who was imprisoned for his work by the Chinese government.
That’s here, from 37:36.
becauselanguage.com/101-talkin-c...
I once had the honour of talking with Uyghur language advocate Abduweli Ayup, who was imprisoned for his work by the Chinese government.
That’s here, from 37:36.
becauselanguage.com/101-talkin-c...
I’d love to watch a Wes Anderson-style movie about the lives of everyone I know, care about, and love.
June 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I’d love to watch a Wes Anderson-style movie about the lives of everyone I know, care about, and love.
Yabancılara Türkçe öğretirken çok sık karşılaştığım bir durum: “Anladım, ‘hayır’ diye yazılıyor, ama ‘hayış’ şeklinde telaffuz ediliyor.”
İşin ilginci de örgün eğitimimiz boyunca Türkiye’de tek bir öğretmenin bile bundan bahsetmemiş olması ve hiçbir öğrencinin bunu farkedip sormaması.
İşin ilginci de örgün eğitimimiz boyunca Türkiye’de tek bir öğretmenin bile bundan bahsetmemiş olması ve hiçbir öğrencinin bunu farkedip sormaması.
Türkçede Sonu "R" ile Biten Kelimeleri Telaffuz Ederken "Ş" Benzeri Bir Ses Çıkması
R harfini ana dili Türkçe olmayan insanlardan farklı bir şekilde telaffuz ediyoruz ve bunu biz hariç herkes fark ediyormuş.
eksiseyler.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Yabancılara Türkçe öğretirken çok sık karşılaştığım bir durum: “Anladım, ‘hayır’ diye yazılıyor, ama ‘hayış’ şeklinde telaffuz ediliyor.”
İşin ilginci de örgün eğitimimiz boyunca Türkiye’de tek bir öğretmenin bile bundan bahsetmemiş olması ve hiçbir öğrencinin bunu farkedip sormaması.
İşin ilginci de örgün eğitimimiz boyunca Türkiye’de tek bir öğretmenin bile bundan bahsetmemiş olması ve hiçbir öğrencinin bunu farkedip sormaması.
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"When language is reduced to grammar, phonetics and vocabulary – as it often is in second language classrooms and in many studies of bilinguals – it is easy to miss why people care so deeply about it."
@thetls.bsky.social
www.the-tls.co.uk/languages-ll...
@thetls.bsky.social
www.the-tls.co.uk/languages-ll...
How mother tongues are lost and found
The best stories begin with a wound. Julie Sedivy’s story begins with the death of her father. After a series of migrations that brought Sedivy and her
www.the-tls.co.uk
May 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"When language is reduced to grammar, phonetics and vocabulary – as it often is in second language classrooms and in many studies of bilinguals – it is easy to miss why people care so deeply about it."
@thetls.bsky.social
www.the-tls.co.uk/languages-ll...
@thetls.bsky.social
www.the-tls.co.uk/languages-ll...
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Song of the day: Life During War Time
"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around."
My nomination for the soundtrack song of 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...
"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around."
My nomination for the soundtrack song of 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (live)
YouTube video by forcedcoitus
www.youtube.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Song of the day: Life During War Time
"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around."
My nomination for the soundtrack song of 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...
"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around."
My nomination for the soundtrack song of 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...
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#Librarian position open at the British Institute at #Ankara! Özellikle İngilizce bilen Türk(iyeli) arkadaşlarıma duyuruyorum: biaa.ac.uk/grants/biaa-...
BIAA Librarian |
biaa.ac.uk
May 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
#Librarian position open at the British Institute at #Ankara! Özellikle İngilizce bilen Türk(iyeli) arkadaşlarıma duyuruyorum: biaa.ac.uk/grants/biaa-...
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Renault Avantime spotted in Croydon.
This one is the flagship 207hp 3.0-litre V6, with a matching blue and white leather interior. Magnifique!
This one is the flagship 207hp 3.0-litre V6, with a matching blue and white leather interior. Magnifique!
February 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Renault Avantime spotted in Croydon.
This one is the flagship 207hp 3.0-litre V6, with a matching blue and white leather interior. Magnifique!
This one is the flagship 207hp 3.0-litre V6, with a matching blue and white leather interior. Magnifique!