Sneak peek #1 on the Third Edition of the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles, fothcoming in June 2025. "In hospital" and its Canadian dimension. Full entry here: dchp.arts.ubc.ca/entries/in%2...
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Austrian Word of the Week 65 is "Kompromiss" — compromise. Carefully crafted after WW2, K. is the ability to know the other & respect their limits. The world needs more "Kompromiss" these days, so let it blossom in & spread from AUT. @bundespraesident.at rightly called it a"cultural treasure".

Austrian Word of the Week number 64 (#AutWrdoWk) is "Pouvoir". Of old imperial stock it represents the multilingual character of Standard Austrian German. Try looking for it in present-day texts from Germany. Good luck, @spoe.at, @oevpwien.bsky.social, @neos.eu und @gruenewien.bsky.social! Godspeed!

Austrian Word of the Week 63 is a beauty: Sukkus, der (formal in Standard AutG for 'essence'). As in the attached passage from today's @derstandard.at: der Sukkus der FPÖ ist: alles ganz normal. Mitnichten! Nothing is normal with a postfascist party vying for head of government. Fire in the roof!

Austrian Word of the Week 62 is, fitting for the current month: Jänner 'January'. Germany uses Januar. Jänner is non-standard in Germany (plight of the Bavarians). In Austria, it is always and everywhere (also in Vbg.) Standard Austrian German. When will "Deutsch in Österreich" dig things like that?

Austrian Word of the Week 60 is "beleidigte Leberwurst" (roughly: sour grapes). It is how ÖVP & Neos act after walking away from talks with SPÖ. It's stunning how neoliberal the general discourse has become: "sharing tax burdens" is a stone of contention! AUT is exposed to Russia via FPÖ. #AutWrdoWk

Austrian Word of the Week #60 is a compound noun used by @orfnewsbot.bsky.social. Jus- 'law' from Latin, not Jura- 'laws' as in Germany. Like the university subjects: you study Jus in AUT, but Jura in GER.

Canadian Word of the Week No. 140 is by virtue of a Google search: "Toronto streetcar cat", where "cat" is auto-completed due to local and national, perhaps even some international, searches thanks to @cbc-news.bsky.social. It's our word of the week and you go search this up now with a cool video.

Canadian Word of the Week 139 is "wait time". You can call it "wait time" (current), "waiting time" (wee bit old-fash), but whatever you call it, it's part of the Cdn experience. In the US you either don't wait or - often - have no hope for a part. service (not insured, wrong "class") #CdnWrdoWk

Canadian Word of the Week 138, #CdnWrdoWk, is "postie", as in: "I want my postie back to bring me my mail, with a smile and a chat". Canada is suffering without you, dear 55,000 posties, rural Canada is bleeding, untethered. Give them what they ask for, they deserve it more than any balance sheet.

Austrian Word of the Week 59 is from @falter.at: Kaffeesieder 'coffee brewer', where "sieder" is a version of "brewer" that is, compounded with "Kaffee", a bone fide Austrianism. The Kaffeesieders are in trouble. When at or near @univie.ac.at, order a 2nd cup to lend them a hand. #AutWrdoWk

Austrian Word of the Week #59 (#AutWrdoWk) features the classic StAutGer -erl suffix: Goderl, meaning "Kehlkopf", "larynx" and you can see why we can't use these words in "scratching/petting somebody's Goderl". Very useful, thnx @klenkflorian.bsky.social. I scratch yours & you mine = AUT corruption

Canadian Word of the Week #137 is ... drumroll... "American Thanksgiving". Yep, that what the late US holiday is called here, without exception. Full entry: dchp.arts.ubc.ca/entries/Amer...
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Austrian Word of the Week number 58: gescheitln (verb) 'to be smart-acting', after AutG "gescheit" (GerG "klug") 'smart'. #AutWrdoWk. We could say, @rauschermri.bsky.social @falter.at, in connection with Styria's election that Drexler is still "gescheiteln". The "pawn's victim" is a "sore loser".

Meet John Chew, our Editor-in-Chief of the #CED #CanadianEnglishDicationary (think Gage Canadian and Canadian Oxford on steroids, because CED comes with an academic research unit). Details below. I think, however, that John is a Scrabblehead, much like @benzimmer.bsky.social and 'em good folks.

Austrian Word of the Week 57 is... Zuckerkoalition. Yep, it's a thing, it might become reality once the Christian Democrats, Social Democrats and Liberals (Pinkies) sign a coalition agreement. It's cute and quite serious simultaneously. #AutWrdoWk

Canadian Word of the Week 136 is "enshittification". We'll include it in DCHP-3 (Dictionary of Canadianisms on Hist. Princ., 3rd ed.); it's gone global. @doctorow will get his due, when did he concoct the term? #CdnWrdoWk 136. Enshittification ensures few will see this tweet.